"Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do."

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"Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do."

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"All great peoples are conservative."

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"The man of life upright has a guiltless heart, free from all dishonest deeds or thought of vanity."

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"Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries."

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"Will a loving God send a man to hell? The answer from Jesus and His teachings of the Bible is, clearly, “Yes!” He does not send man willingly, but man condemns himself to eternal hell because . . .he refuses God's way of salvation and the hope of eternal life with Him."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

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"There's one thing you can say for air pollution, you get utterly amazing sunrises."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

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"There is always a path to our target, the problem is to discover it!"

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"Things past redress are now with me past care."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"Hate is hostility."

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"Collect memories, they are your precious property."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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