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The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.
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The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done.
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The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them.
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The only people who have control over their careers are the ones you see on the covers of magazines. Everyone else is just plodding along making a living. The key is not to live over your means and overdo it.
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The only person who acts sensibly is my tailor. He takes my measure anew every time he sees me. Everyone else goes by their old measurements.
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The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability. I can't worry about that.
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The only thing I like about rich people is their money.
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The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.
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The original home of the Aryan race appears to have been somewhere among the mountains and lofty table-lands of Central Asia. The word 'Arya,' meaning the high or the excellent, indicates their superiority over the neighboring races long before the beginning of history.
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The paradoxes of today are the prejudices of tomorrow, since the most benighted and the most deplorable prejudices have had their moment of novelty when fashion lent them its fragile grace.
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The participation of the people in their own government was the more significant, because the colonies actually had what England only seemed to have, - three departments of government.
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The party of God and the party of Literature have more in common than either will admit; their texts may conflict, but their bigotries coincide. Both insist on being the sole custodians of the true word and its only interpreters.
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The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation.
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The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.
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The past but lives in written words: a thousand ages were blank if books had not evoked their ghosts, and kept the pale unbodied shades to warn us from fleshless lips.
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The peacemakers shall be called the sons of God, who came to make peace between God and man. What then shall the sowers of discord be called, but the children of the devil? And what must they look for but their father's portion?
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The people are fed up with their elected officials playing the blame game and treating their political counterparts as enemies.
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The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power.
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The people around us are at the top of their craft, and we benefit from that.
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