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"Speak slowly, Michael. He is an honourable man."
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"When men make themselves into brutes it is just to treat them like brutes."
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"You can keep the things of bronze and stone and give me one man to remember me just once a year."
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"I have done my duty by the laws of my people and I am sorry my people were led this time by men who were not soldiers and that crimes were committed of which I had no knowledge."
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"Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us if the normal man does not amaze."
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"A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good."
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"A man may build a complicated piece of mechanism, or pilot a steamboat, but not more than five out of ten know how the apple got into the dumpling."
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"The zeal, bravery, and good behavior of the officers and men on the night of June 30, and during July 1, was commendable in the extreme."
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"I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act."
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"Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too."
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"What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow."
Heart
"Women and birds are able to see without turning their heads, and that is indeed a necessary provision for they are both surrounded by enemies."
Woman
"A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find."
Man
"Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it."
Death
"Sleep is an excellent way of listening to an opera."
Sleep
"Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself."
Writing
"Men come of age at sixty, women at fifteen."
Age
"A sword, a spade, and a thought should never be allowed to rust."
Thought
"Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will."
Fear
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