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Life processes take place in an aqueous medium. All organisms are composed mostly of water, whether they dwell in the oceans, lakes,…
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My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things are commendable and beneficial, abstinence from spirituous…
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A land without memories is a people without liberty.
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A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday does not know where it is today.
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The devil's name is dullness.
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Postal officials say that before Christmas they receive tons of letters written to Santa Claus, but after Christmas how few letters of…
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A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets, and in which strife and civil war are to take the…
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I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country than the dissolution of the Union. It would be an accumulation of all…
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With all my devotion to the Union, and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been…
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There is a terrible war coming, and these young men who have never seen war cannot wait for it to happen, but…
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Private and public life are subject to the same rules-truth and manliness are two qualities that will carry you through this world…
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Life Insurance trusts I consider sacred. To hazard the property of the dead & to lose the scanty earnings of fathers &…
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I encountered among my comrades the most varied human traits, from frankness to reserve, from goodness, uprightness and kindness, to brutality and…
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One must be frank to be relevant.
— Corazon Aquino
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Isn't beer the holy libation of sincerity? The potion that dispels all hypocrisy, any charade of fine manners? The drink that does…
— Milan Kundera
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Frankness is a jewel; only the young can afford it.
— Mark Twain
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The historian should be fearless and incorruptible; a man of independence, loving frankness and truth; one who, as the poets says, calls…
— Lucian
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As far as the education of children is concerned I think they should be taught not the little virtues but the great…
— Natalia Ginzburg
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You must study to be frank with the world: frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean…
— Robert E. Lee
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In a world where success is the measure and justification of all things the figure of Him who was sentenced and crucified…
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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The 'frankness' of people sunk below shame is a very cheap frankness.
— C.S. Lewis
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I expected so much from life and if I had not seen it so close, I would to this day be expecting…
— Ivan Goncharov
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A sound marriage is not based on complete frankness; it is based on a sensible reticence.
— Morris L. Ernst
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Adhere To - Faith, Unity, Sacrifice. Avoid - Back-biting, Falsehood and Crookedness. Admire - Frankness, Honesty, and Large-heartedness. Control - Tongue, Temper,…
— Sivananda
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