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"Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course."

"Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties."

"There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves."

"Both men and women are fallible. The difference is, women know it."
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"Literature should not be suppressed merely because it offends the moral code of the censor."


"Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred."


"The association promotes a way of life, not causes; a harmony in living, not political faiths; a bilateral loyalty, not commercial or social projects. Yet it is an association for as noble a purpose as any involved in any prior decisions."


"Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?"


"We who have the final word can speak softly or angrily. We can seek to challenge and annoy, as we need not stay docile and quiet."


"At the constitutional level where we work, 90 percent of any decision is emotional. The rational part of us supplies the reasons for supporting our predilections."
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