Character is that which can do without success.
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This time,like all times, is a good time, if we but know what to do with it.
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The greatest genius is the most indebted person.
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The President has paid dear for his White House. It has commonly cost him all his peace, and the best of his manly attributes. To preserve for a short time so conspicuous an appearance before the world, he is content to eat dust . . .
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Nature encourages no looseness pardons no errors.
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When I first open my eyes upon the morning meadows and look out upon the beautiful world, I thank God I am alive
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