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The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples.
I once asked a hermit in Italy how he could venture to live alone in a single cottage on the top of a mountain a mile from any habitation? He replied that Providence was his next-door neighbor.
Quotes By Laurence Sterne
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In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.
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Respect for ourselves guides our morals respect for others guides our manners.
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Religion which lays so many restraints upon us is a troublesome companion to...
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Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart...
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Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave it is not in his...
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I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.
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The desire of knowledge like the thirst of riches increases ever with the...
Quotes About Loneliness
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But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave...
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I think the idea that you can go this alone is - was a huge mistake. And...
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I have two ideas for novels at the moment neither of them all that...
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Something about Texas I'm not proud of is that our state murdered 37 people...
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I spend my life essentially alone at a computer. That doesn't change. I have...
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I can support going in after Saddam Hussein but I want to make sure I don't...
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I can barely remember what I wrote yesterday let alone 10 years ago.