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In the vast reaches of the dry, cold night, thousands of stars were constantly appearing, and their sparkling icicles, loosened at once, began to slip gradually toward the horizon.

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It is your attitude at the beginning of a task that determines success or failure.

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To sin by silence when we should protest makes cowards out of men.

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This day before dawn I ascended a hill and looked at the crowded heaven.

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A little learning is a dangerous thing, but a lot of ignorance is just as bad.

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As long as humanity has been human, it has looked toward the heavens and dreamed that some day, some way, there would be giant federal contracts involved.

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I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A bird will fall frozen dead from the bow of a ship without ever having felt sorry for itself.

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Do not be content with showing friendship in words alone, let your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path.

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If a man has ten good qualities and one bad one, to look at the ten and forget the one, and if a man has ten bad qualities and one good one, to look at the one and forget the ten.

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The most important principle of divine philosophy is the oneness of the world of humanity, the unity of mankind, the bond conjoining East and West, the tie of love which blends human hearts.

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