The simplest and shortest ethical precept is to be served as little as possible ... and to serve others as much as possible.
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Money is a new form of slavery, and distinguishable from the old simply by the fact that it is impersonalthat there is no human relationship between master and slave.Count Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
All happy families are alike, but an unhappy family is unhappy after its own fashion.
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My life had come to a sudden stop. I was able to breathe, to eat, to drink, to sleep. I could not, indeed help doing so but there was no real life in me.
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If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals.
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A Christian cannot help being free, because in the pursuit and attainment of his object, no one can either hinder or retard him.
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