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 I have come back again to where I belong; not an enchanted place, but the walls are strong.  Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh. Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography. Canada is a live country - live, but not, like the States, kicking. Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not. The structure of a play is always the story of how the birds come home to roost. I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel. Fourscore and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. If we had no regard for others' feelings or fortune, we would grow cold and indifferent to life itself. Happy is the man who can do only one thing; in doing it, he fulfills his destiny. Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore? Wherever we are, it is but a stage on the way to somewhere else, and whatever we do, however well we do it, it is only a preparation to do something else that shall be different. People make their own luck. Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are who already possess it. God give us men. A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands! Men whom the lust of office does not kill, Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy, Men who possess opinions and a will, Men who love honor, men who cannot lie. When the heroes go off the stage, the clowns come on. A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral. Why did God make man before he made woman? Because he didn't want any advice on how to do it. If you shoot at a king you must kill him. I shall not pass this way again: Then let me now relieve some pain, Remove some barrier from the road, Or brighten some one's heavy load. 
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