Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

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What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!

What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!

You have suffered greatly, poor mother. Oh! do not lament, you have now the portion...

You have suffered greatly, poor mother. Oh! do not lament, you have now the portion...

Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.

Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.

Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.

Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.

Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are...

Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are...

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the future

Genius is a promontory jutting out into the future

But when ill indeed, Even dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.

But when ill indeed, Even dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.

In this world, which is so plainly the antechamber of another, there are no happy...

In this world, which is so plainly the antechamber of another, there are no happy...

Go out in the world and work like money doesn't matter, Sing as if no...

Go out in the world and work like money doesn't matter, Sing as if no...

Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.

Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.

By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.

By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.

A library implies an act of faith.

A library implies an act of faith.

To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases...

To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases...

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction of being loved for yourself, or more...

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction of being loved for yourself, or more...

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the...

I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the...

Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs

Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs

Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be...

Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be...

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

We must free the slaves or be ourselves subdued. The slaves were undeniably a element...

We must free the slaves or be ourselves subdued. The slaves were undeniably a element...

The worst form of tyranny the world has ever known the tyranny of the weak...

The worst form of tyranny the world has ever known the tyranny of the weak...