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The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.
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The sword is the axis of the world, and grandeur is indivisible.
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The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth.
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The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.
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The thing that contributes to anyone's reaching the goal he wants is simple wanting that goal badly enough.
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The trouble with America is that there are far too many wide-open spaces surrounded by teeth.
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The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man.
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The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other.
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The United States is the greatest law factory the world has ever known.
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The voyage of the "Beagle" has been by far the most important event in my life, and has determined my whole career.
The Autobiography of Charles Darwin (1887) -
The way I see it, it doesn't matter what you believe just so you're sincere.
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The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
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The whole imposing edifice of modern medicine is like the celebrated tower of Pisa - slightly off balance.
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The whole LSD, STP, marijuana, heroin, hashish, prescription cough medicine crowd suffers from the ''Watchtower'' itch: you gotta be with us, man, or you're out, you're dead. This pitch is a continual and seeming MUST with those who use the stuff. It's no wonder they keep getting busted.
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The whole visible universe is but a storehouse of images and signs to which the imagination will give a relative place and value; it is a sort of pasture which the imagination must digest and transform.
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The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable of going to extremes with many people, evoked as it is by many qualities.
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The word of a gentleman is as good as his bond; and sometimes better.
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The world goes up and the world goes down, the sunshine follows the rain; and yesterday's sneer and yesterday's frown can never come over again.
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