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A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
One of the sublimest things in the world is plain truth.
Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light every eye, looking on, finds its own.
Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it.
There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth.
The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.
Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength.
In science, read, by preference, the newest works in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.
Art and science have their meeting point in method.
We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.