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 Would that ... a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honour become identical.  The present will not long endure. - Pindar If we choose to be no more than clods of clay, then we shall be used as clods of clay for braver feet to tread on. "But" is a fence over which few leap. Good humor, like the jaundice, makes every one of its own complexion. Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without passion, without business, without entertainment, without care. It is then that he recognizes that he is empty, insufficient, dependent, ineffectual. From the depths of his soul now comes at once boredom, gloom, sorrow, chagrin, resentment and despair. The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing. - Voltaire Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness! Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but unlike charity, it should end there. Give me my Romeo; and, when he shall die. Take him, and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine, That all the world will be in love with night, And pay no worship to the garish sun. America is a country of young men. Your own property is concerned when your neighbor's house is on fire. - Horace The bee and the serpent often sip from the selfsame flower. Many words do not a good prayer make; what counts is the heartfelt desire to commune with God, and the faith to back it up. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something. I have always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific. There is no hope or joy except in human relations. No matter how big or soft or warm your bed is, you still have to get out of it. What makes a nation great is not primarily its great men, but the stature of its innumerable mediocre ones. The sun will set without thy assistance. 
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