One who does not know when to die, does not know how to live.
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Imaginary evils soon become real one by indulging our reflections on them.
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There is nothing in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and he who considers price only is that man's lawful prey.
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In great countries, children are always trying to remain children, and the parents want to make them into adults. In vile countries, the children are always wanting to be adults and the parents want to keep them children.
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You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil; buy it, by compromise with evil.
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