"I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name."

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"I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name."

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"Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts."

"Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice."

"Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or mental."

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