Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.
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For eighteen hundred years, though perchance I have no right to say it, the New Testament has been written yet where is the legislator who has wisdom and practical talent enough to avail himself of the light which it sheds on the science of legislation
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As to conforming outwardly, and living your own life inwardly, I have not a very high opinion of that course.
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Many men go fishing their entire lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.
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All that man has to say or do that can possibly concern mankind is in some shape or other to tell the story of his loveto sing, and, if he is fortunate and keeps alive, he will be forever in love.
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