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"Speak slowly, Michael. He is an honourable man."
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"When men make themselves into brutes it is just to treat them like brutes."
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"You can keep the things of bronze and stone and give me one man to remember me just once a year."
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"I have done my duty by the laws of my people and I am sorry my people were led this time by men who were not soldiers and that crimes were committed of which I had no knowledge."
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"Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us if the normal man does not amaze."
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"A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good."
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"A man may build a complicated piece of mechanism, or pilot a steamboat, but not more than five out of ten know how the apple got into the dumpling."
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"The zeal, bravery, and good behavior of the officers and men on the night of June 30, and during July 1, was commendable in the extreme."
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"I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act."
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"Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too."
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"Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest."
Wisdom
"Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed."
Truth
"Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection."
Generosity
"A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality."
Age
"Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen."
Man
"The test of any man lies in action."
Action
"Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full the resources that are within thy reach."
Life
"Men are the dreams of a shadow."
Dream
"The present will not long endure."
Present
"Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity."
Beauty
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