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"The higher the classification of secrecy, the quicker you will report it."
"In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however beautiful or joyful they may be, or for what good end they may be set to serve. Secrecy means evasion, and evasion means a problem to the moral mind."
"When Rumsfeld gets up on television and says we have definitive intelligence that al Qaeda is working with Iraq, how is an ordinary citizen supposed to react? They won't tell you the evidence, and when anyone asks, they say, 'Well, you know: It's secret.'"
"What happens in the dark should not be brought to light."
"Never tell a man all about yourself, it's bound to lead to trouble."
"I have spent many an hour, when I was younger, floating over its surface as the zephyr willed, having paddled my boat to the middle, and lying on my back across the seats, in a summer forenoon, dreaming awake, until I was aroused by the boat touching the sand, and I arose to see what shore my fates had impelled me to; days when idleness was the most attractive and productive industry. Many a forenoon have I stolen away, preferring to spend thus the most valued part of the day; for I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days, and spent them lavishly."
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"As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul; when death is immanent what can you do?"
"It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment's grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one's life."
"The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep."
"Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth."
"O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet."
"Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing."
"Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest."
"There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth."
"If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?"
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