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Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; but urge me not to use moderation in a case like the present.
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Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace.
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Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.
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Tennyson seems to be the patron saint of the wishy washies, which is perhaps why I admire him so much, not only as a poet, but as a man.
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Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not.
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That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent.
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That blessed mood in which the burthen of the mystery, in which the heavy and the weary weight of all this unintelligible world is lightened.
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That business of relaxation, which is so terribly modern today, is all good and well, but my work interests me so much, and is so varied, that many times it seems relaxing when I go from one aspect to another.
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That character in conversation which commonly passes for agreeable, is made up of civility and falsehood.
Thoughts (1754) -
That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.
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That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not command our approval.
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That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.
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That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.
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That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.
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That in man which cannot be domesticated is not his evil but his goodness.
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That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.
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That is never too often repeated, which is never sufficiently learned.
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That is the best Government, which best provides for war.
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