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It's very questionable, and we will pursue every factor, every element, every second of the timeline, of the final hours of Maurice's life. We will pursue that relentlessly. That will be our quest from now on.
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Job was the greatest of all the children of the east, and his afflictions were well-nigh more than he could bear; but even if we imagined them wearing him to death, that would not make his story tragic.
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Just as the largest library, badly arranged, is not so useful as a very moderate one that is well arranged, so the greatest amount of knowledge, if not elaborated by our own thoughts, is worth much less than a far smaller volume that has been abundantly and repeatedly thought over.
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Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent, so even the greatest demand a certain insensitivity which under other circumstances we would call stupidity.
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Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.
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Know that you are your greatest enemy, but also your greatest friend.
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Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.
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Lack of something to feel important about is almost the greatest tragedy a man may have.
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Laughter is the greatest weapon we have and we, as humans, use it the least.
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Let the child's first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt.
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Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.
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Let us love nobly, and live, and add again years and years unto years, till we attain to write threescore: this is the second of our reign.
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Let us never forget that the greatest man is never more than an animal disguised as a god.
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Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.
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Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation.
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Life at the greatest and best is but a froward child, that must be humored and coaxed a little till it falls asleep, and then all the care is over.
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Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to prepare oneself for eternity!
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Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.
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Like most people, I was not able to start selling my stories right away. So I had many other jobs along the way to becoming a writer, including toy maker, gravedigger, cookware salesman, and assembly line worker. Eventually, I became an elementary teacher and worked with second and fourth graders.
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