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Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
Faith
Saint Thomas Acquinas

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Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.
Learning
Abigail Adams

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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
Words
Abigail Adams

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It is impossible to underrate human intelligence -- beginning with one's own.
Possibilities
Henry Brooks Adams

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Liberty can not be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.
Liberty
John Adams

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Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.
Confidence
Joseph Addison

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Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature.
Inconsistency
Joseph Addison

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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
Solitude
Joseph Addison

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With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent people, who keep their own accounts.
Benefactors
Joseph Addison

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It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
Character
Aeschylus

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Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?
Pain
Aeschylus

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Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes.
Adversity
Aesop

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Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.
Fools and Foolishness
African Proverb

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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
Enemies
African Proverb

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Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.
Character
African Proverb

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Only the more rugged mortals should attempt to keep up with current literature.
Literature
George Age

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Without a country, I am not a man.
Nations
Nawaf Al-Nasir Al-Sabah

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Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.
Sympathy
Amos Bronson Alcott

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That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.
Books - Reading
Amos Bronson Alcott

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Gracious to all, to none subservient, Without offense he spoke the word he meant.
Candor
Thomas B. Aldrich

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The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.
Riches
Sholom Aleichem

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Great things are only possible with outrageous requests.
Ask
Thea Alexander

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Control over computing belongs with users.
Computers
Brandt Allen

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Why should you be content with so little? Why shouldn't you reach out for something big?
Vision
Charles L. Allen

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A gentleman is any man who wouldn't hit a woman with his hat on.
Gentlemen
Fred A. Allen

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun