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Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

The kindness I have longest remembered has been of this sort, the sort unsaid; so...

The kindness I have longest remembered has been of this sort, the sort unsaid; so...

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe...

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe...

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to...

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to...

I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were...

I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were...

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

We live but a fraction of our lives

$We live but a fraction of our lives$

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where...

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works...

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give...

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old...

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old...

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit...

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure...

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure...

Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes...

Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes...

The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.

The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.