Matthew Arnold

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"Resolve to be thyself; And you know that he who finds himself, Loses his misery."	Knowledge, Wisdom
"...what thwarts us and demands of us the greatest effort is also what can teach us most."	Art, Education, Effort
"I do not believe today everything I believed yesterday; I wonder will I believe tomorrow everything I believe today."	Lies, Time
"The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion."	Honesty, Religion, Truth
"It is almost impossible to exaggerate the proneness of the human mind to take miracles as evidence, and to seek for miracles as evidence."	Men
"It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking at it that one overcomes it; but, rather, often by working on the one next to it. Certain people and certain things require to be approached on an angle."	Adversity, Difficulty, Monarchy
"But each day brings its petty dust Our soon-chok'd souls to fill, And we forget because we must, And not because we will."	Time
"Whoever sets himself to see things as they are will find himself one of a very small circle; but it is only by this small circle resolutely doing its own work that adequate ideas will ever get current at all."	Miscellaneous
"Resolve to find thyself; and to know that he who finds himself, loses his misery."	Knowledge, Wisdom

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