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The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
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Who has deceived thee as oft as thyself.
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Unless the Stream of their Importation could be turned... they will soon so outnumber us, that all the advantages we have, will…
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Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of them; the…
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[E]very Man who comes among us, and takes up a piece of Land, becomes a Citizen, and by our Constitution has a…
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It is very hard to dislike someone you have helped
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I have been apt to think that there has never been, nor ever will be, any such thing as a good war,…
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Tis a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty…
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Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants.
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Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you may be hindered tomorrow. One today is worth two…
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It seems to me, that if statesmen had a little more arithmetic, or were accustomed to calculation, wars would be much less…
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It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part.
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Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being.
— Hannah Arendt
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Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes…
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Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn't write, I would stop breathing.
— Paul Auster
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School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobody's perfect, so why practice?
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Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom - all, which…
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A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
— Arthur Ashe
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Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.
— Lucius Accius
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It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest…
— David Attenborough
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Well, I'm having a good time. Which makes me feel guilty too. How very English.
— David Attenborough
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Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
— Saint Augustine
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