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"Nothing so completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straightforward and simple integrity in another."
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"You must be more committed to the truth of God's word and what is right than the flaws in our society."

"Emotionally intelligent people hold themselves accountable for their behavior, failures, decisions, and successes."

"To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less."
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"If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition."

"The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary."

"It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends."

"He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads."

"Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed."

"Justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write because I have nothing to do; justice to myself induces me to add that I will cease to write the moment I have nothing to say."

"The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them. Thus the American Revolution, from which little was expected, produced much; but the French Revolution, from which much was expected, produced little."

"The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other."
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