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To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
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To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
People do not lack strength; they lack will.
Do not ask the name of the person who seeks a bed for the night. He who is reluctant to give his name is the one who most needs shelter.
Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls. God displays them to us to give us food for thought.
Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.
Work is the law of life, and to reject it as boredom is to submit to it as torment.
To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better.
The need of the immaterial is the most deeply rooted of all needs. One must have bread; but before bread, one must have the ideal.
A study can be made against invasion by an army; no stand can be made against invasion by an idea.
God became a man, granted. The devil became a woman.