"There is no wealth but life."
-John Ruskin
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"The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely the best, but what is easily within our power, and suited for our temperament and condition.“
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"The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one."
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"I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility."
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