The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses an... -A. C. Benson

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The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears.

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A. C. Benson was a prolific author and poet, best known for his evocative works that often explored themes of nature, spirituality, and human emotions. His eloquent prose and lyrical poetry continue to resonate with readers, offering profound insights into the human experience and the beauty of the natural world.

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I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions are worth much unless they are one's own. I suffe...
Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene....
People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way....
One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do....
Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste....
All the best stories are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape....
A well begun is half ended....
As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow....
Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping....
The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears....

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If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun....
To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal....
Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident....
To become 'unique,' the challenge is to fight the hardest battle which anyone can imagine until you reach your destination....
One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions....
Almost half of the population of the world lives in rural regions and mostly in a state of poverty. Such inequalities in human development have been o...
No sanction can stand against ignited minds....
As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me....
Building capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities....
Nations consist of people. And with their effort, a nation can accomplish all it could ever want....