"It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country."

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"It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country."

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"I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me."

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"Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings."

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"I teach that all men are mad."

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"Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death."

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"Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it."

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"To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it."

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"Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years at least."

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