"All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education."
-Walter Scott
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"Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.“
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"Look back, and smile on perils past."
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"The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt."
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"To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light."
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