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 Truth has never been, can never be, contained in any one creed or system.  She slept the sleep of the just. - Racine The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive, but do not forget. No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime has appeared for the first time, its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been. The path of civilization is paved with tin cans. Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never is, but always to be blest. A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees. May the blessing of light be on you, light without and light within. May the blessed sunshine shine on you and warm your heart till it glows like a great peat fire, so that the stranger may come and warm himself at it, and also a friend. Many of the insights of the saint stem from his experience as a sinner. Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore. The simple truth is that happy people generally don't get sick. Every day we are offered new means for learning and growing in love. Wherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion. When we're young we want to change the world. When we're old we want to change the young. There are those who have nothing chaste but their ears, and nothing virtuous but their tongues. - De Finod If you go to church, and like the singing better than the preaching, that's not orthodox. Failure is only postponed success as long as courage 'coaches' ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory. We are obliged to love one another. We are not strictly bound to "like" one another. Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution. - Mae West What a great blessing is a friend with a heart so trusty you may safely bury all your secrets in it. - Seneca 
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