"Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not."
-Laurence Sterne
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"In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.“
-Laurence Sterne
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"Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners."
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"I have prayed to God that he give me the strength to survive each day and to face those times in my life that will be extremely painful. I have put my total faith in God, and he will take care of me."
-Susan Smith
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"I saw him... at peace in my armchair. I remember wishing he could stay in peace like that forever. I had a feeling of easing his burden with my strength."
-Dennis Nilsen
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"The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it."
-Adolf Hitler
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"Strength lies not in defence but in attack."
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-Lydia Sigourney
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"Strength is a matter of the made-up mind."
-John Beecher
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