Don't ever dare to take your college as a matter of course - because, like democracy and freedom, many people you'll never know have broken their hearts to get it for you.
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The innate tendency of men to appeal to force renders them particularly unfit for the task of government . . . Man's place is the armory.Alice Duer Miller
Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers it means taking a vigorous, human interest in what is being told us.
Alice Duer Miller
Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings.
Alice Duer Miller
People love to talk but hate to listen. You can listen like a blank wall or like a splendid auditorium where every sound comes back fuller and richer.
Alice Duer Miller
If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue.
Alice Duer Miller
Love will not always linger longest With those who hold it in too clenched a fist.
Alice Duer Miller
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