What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral. - James Russell Lowell

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It is all very well planning what you will do in six months, what you will do in a year, but it’s no good at all if you don’t have a plan for tomorrow.

James Russell Lowell

What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral.

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The only conclusive evidence of a man's sincerity is that he gives himself for a principle. Words, money, all things else, are comparatively easy to give away; but when a man makes a gift of his daily life and practice, it is plain that the truth, whatever it may be, has taken possession of him.

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Human nature has a much greater genius for sameness than for originality.

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What men call luck Is the prerogative of valiant souls, The fealty life pays its rightful kings.

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