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Quote by Laurence Sterne
In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself

In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself. – Laurence Sterne

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Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who will lay no restraints upon themselves. – Laurence Sterne

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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. – Laurence Sterne

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I was born on a farm. My strength has nothing to do with political apparatus. I get my strength from nature, from flowers. – Ariel Sharon

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Ill do strength training in my dressing room between shoots, and Ive been known to make business calls while out jogging. I try to mute myself on Bluetooth so they cant hear me huffing and puffing, but I usually end up getting caught. – Alison Sweeney

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Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of. – Jonathan Swift

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I had a vision with which I might have saved my people, but I had not the strength to do it. – Black Elk

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