Good men must not obey the laws too well.
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The laws of each are convertible into the laws of any other.Ralph Waldo Emerson
To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires someof the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.
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There is no one who does not exaggerate.
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It is long ere we discover how rich we are. Our history, we are sure, is quite tame we have nothing to write, nothing to infer. But our wiser years still run back to the despised recollections of childhood....
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Do your work, but do your thing.
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A man is like a bit of Labrador spar, which has no lustre as you turn it in your hand until you come to a particular angle then it shows deep and beautiful colors. There is no adaptation or universal applicability in men, but each has his special Talent, and the mastery of Successful men consists in adroitly keeping themselves where and when that turn shall be oftenest to be practiced.
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