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Wilhelm von Humboldt

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Language makes infinite use of finite media.

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Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a part of their beauty. Freedom may lead to many transgressions, but it lends even to vices a less ignoble form.

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How a person masters his fate is more important than what his fate is.

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It is usually more important how a man meets his fate than what it is.

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Only what we have wrought into our character during life can we take with us.

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True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united.

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