"By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer do not occur to him at all."

Power, Nature, Man, Questions

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"By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer do not occur to him at all."

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"The prayer of a righteous man avails much."

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"If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."

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"People having victimhood attract imperious and authoritative individuals in their life."

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"Remember that I have power; you believe yourself miserable, but I can make you so wretched that the light of day will be hateful to you. You are my creator, but I am your master;--obey!"

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"Some women are built by the fire. Yet, there are some that are the FIRE!"

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"The strength of spirit is measured by sufferings."

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"Fun is a good thing but only when it spoils nothing better."

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"When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons are always different."

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"There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval."

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"Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with the part of another; people are friends in spots."

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"The word experience is like a shrapnel shell, and bursts into a thousand meanings."

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"The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his importance and dignity."

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"With you a part of me hath passed away; For in the peopled forest of my mind A tree made leafless by this wintry wind Shall never don again its green array. Chapel and fireside, country road and bay, Have something of their friendliness resigned; Another, if I would, I could not find, And I am grown much older in a day. But yet I treasure in my memory Your gift of charity, and young hearts ease, And the dear honour of your amity; For these once mine, my life is rich with these. And I scarce know which part may greater be,-- What I keep of you, or you rob from me."

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