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"It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions."
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"The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear."

"All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have."

"I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country, that we deny the advantages of learning to women."

"Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his own eyes."
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