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“To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.”
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“We have too many high sounding words and too few actions that correspond with them.”
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“The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.”
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“I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.”
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“These are the times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed. The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues. When a mind is raised, and animated by scenes that engage the heart, then those qualities which would otherwise lay dormant, wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.”
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Yvelyne’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Yvelyne’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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