"People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped."

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"I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments."

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"Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing."

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"One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide."

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