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When we would prepare the mind by a forcible appeal, an opening quotation is a symphony preluding on the chords those tones we are about to harmonize.
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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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Great services are not canceled by one act or by one single error.
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The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
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What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
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Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for truth.
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Bore: one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation.
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The secret of success is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
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A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.
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We make our fortunes and call them fate.
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It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
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The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.
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Nurture your mind with great thoughts for you will never go any higher than what you think.
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Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
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Change is inevitable. In a progressive country change is constant.
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Grief is the agony of an instant, the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
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No government can be long secure without formidable opposition.
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A precedent embalms a principle.
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The difference of race is one of the reasons why I fear war may always exist; because race implies difference, difference implies superiority, and superiority leads to predominance.
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As a general rule the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
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Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.
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I repeat...that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people, and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
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The hare-brained chatter of irresponsible frivolity.
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Ignorance never settles a question.
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