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"What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?"
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"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."

"I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments."

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"I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one."

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"To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent."

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