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Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

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The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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Our surest protection against assault from abroad has been not all our guards, gates and guns, or even our two oceans, but our essential goodness as a people. Our richest asset has been not our material wealth but our values. ↗

— Theodore C. Sorensen

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I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse. ↗

— Benjamin Spock

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Courage is always the surest wisdom. ↗

— Wilfred Grenfell

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The sciences have ever been the surest guides to virtue. ↗

— Frances Wright

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Well-arranged time is the surest mark of a well-arranged mind. ↗

— Isaac Pitman

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You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice. ↗

— Mark Twain

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The surest thing about me is that I will change my mind. ↗

— Claire Forlani

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