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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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"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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"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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"Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat."
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"No man may make another free."
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"Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men."
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"To depend upon the Will of a Man is Slavery."
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"As friends go it is less important to live."
Friendship

"He serves his party best who serves his country best."
Nation

"Let every man, every corporation, and especially let every village, town, and city, every county and State, get out of debt and keep out of debt. It is the debtor that is ruined by hard times."
Debt

"Unjust attacks on public men do them more good than unmerited praise."
Man

"I am less disposed to think of a West Point education as requisite for this business than I was at first. Good sense and energy are the qualities required."
Business

"The President of the United States should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves his country best."
Nation

"Must swear off from swearing. Bad habit."
Habit

"No person connected with me by blood or marriage will be appointed to office."
Marriage

"I am a radical in thought (and principle) and a conservative in method (and conduct)."
Thought

"The filth and noise of the crowded streets soon destroy the elasticity of health which belongs to the country boy."
Health
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