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Never injure a friend, even in jest.

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Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

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In time of war the laws are silent.

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Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?

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When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

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Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

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A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

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Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.

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To some extent I liken slavery to death.

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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.

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What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.

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As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.

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In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred.

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Like associates with like.

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Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.

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What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might.

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In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.

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Empire and liberty.

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Nature abhors annihilation.

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Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.

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It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.

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The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.

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People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.

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Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

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If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

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There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.

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As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

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Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.

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The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

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The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

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The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.

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Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

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The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.

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Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

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Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

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Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

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