It is not goodness to be better than the very worst.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
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Whatever is well said by another, is mine.
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It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
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Whenever the speech is corrupted so is the mind.
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