Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.

Jacques Maritain in Reflections on America (1958)
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Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.

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A man of courage flees forward in the midst of new things.

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A man of courage flees forward, in the midst of new things.

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Christianity taught men that love is worth more than intelligence.

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A single idea, if it is right, saves us the labor of an infinity of experiences.

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The great and admirable strength of America consists in this, that America is truly the American people.

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We don't love qualities; we love a person; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as their qualities.

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We don't love qualities, we love persons sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities.

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Poetry proceeds from the totality of man, sense, imagination, intellect, love, desire, instinct, blood and spirit together.

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