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There is no strong performance without a little fanaticism in the performer.

There is no strong performance without a little fanaticism in the performer.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

A man's personal defects will commonly have with the rest of the world precisely that importance which they have to himself. If he makes light of them, so will other men.

Fear always springs from ignorance.

We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital.

Earth laughs in flowers.

Flowers. . . are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.

We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited.

His heart was as great as the world, but there was no room in it to hold the memory of a wrong.

Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.

We grant no dukedoms to the few, We hold like rights and shall; Equal on Sunday in the pew, On Monday in the mall. For what avail the plough or sail, Or land, or life, if freedom fail?

My angel,--his name is Freedom,-- Choose him to be your king; He shall cut pathways east and west, And fend you with his wing.

For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail?

Friendship is an order of nobility; from its revelations we come more worthily into nature.

Friendship demands the ability to do without it.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him.

The only way to have a friend is to be one. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.