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"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."

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

"A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths."

"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue."

"People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not."

"How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?"
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"Most men's anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady they neither of them care for."

"The invisible thing called a Good Name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you."

"Ignorance makes most men go into a political party, and shame keeps them from getting out of it."

"Those who are of the opinion that money will do everything may reasonably be expected to do everything for money."

"Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it."
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