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"Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution."

"In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary."

"A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him."

"Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all."
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"Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses."

"Every man has three characters - that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has."

"Uncertainty is the worst of all evils until the moment when reality makes us regret uncertainty."

"Love in marriage should be the accomplishment of a beautiful dream, and not, as it too often is, the end."

"Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions; it is the only one which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else."

"If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by my friends the murderers."
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