"Books are not men and yet they stay alive."

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"Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed."

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"Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man's substance with invisible teeth."

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"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself."

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"Heaven will be inherited by every man who has heaven in his soul."

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"All words are pegs to hang ideas on."

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"Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either."

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