A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature.
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Calculation never made a hero.
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Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.
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There is such a thing as legitimate warfare: war has its laws; there are things which may fairly be done, and things which may not be done.
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To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.
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