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Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy. Fear always springs from ignorance. Nations, like individuals, have to limit their objectives or take the consequences. Love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave. Never reach out your hand unless you're willing to extend an arm. When man to man shall be a friend and brother. Middle age is when anything new in the way you feel is most likely a symptom. Fatigue is the best pillow. You can be happy indeed if you have breathing space from pain. I give myself, sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it. The precept, "Know yourself," was not solely intended to obviate the pride of mankind; but likewise that we might understand our own worth. We only really face up to ourselves when we are afraid. All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. A dimple in the chin; a devil within. We never ask God to forgive anybody except when we haven't. The strength of a nation, especially of a republican nation, is in the intelligent and well-ordered homes of the people. It is never safe to look into the future with eyes of fear. Some people change their ways when they see the light, others when they feel the heat. We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavouring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still. Everyone only goes around the track once in life, and if you don't enjoy that trip, it's pretty pathetic.
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