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"Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child."
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"In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it."
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"Let no such man be trusted."
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"We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members."
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"Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution."
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"Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts."
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"A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery."
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"A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good."
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"In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary."
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"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle."
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"A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him."
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"I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but living and spoken by the English people a thousand years ago."
People
"Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen."
Wisdom
"I had been keeping an off eye on the advertising field, thinking I might become an idea man and a copywriter."
Creativity
"One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude."
Solitude
"You remember some bedrooms you have slept in. There are bedrooms you like to remember and others you would like to forget."
Memory
"My room for books and study or for sitting and thinking about nothing in particular to see what would happen was at the end of a hall."
Books
"Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep."
Life
"Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes."
Courage
"I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends."
Friendship
"In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning."
Optimism
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