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John Burroughs

"Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all."

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"Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all."

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"Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable."

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"All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God."

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"A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open."

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"Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom."

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"It matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he is growing."

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"Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made nothing entirely straight can be carved."

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"A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint."

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"Women prefer to talk in twos, while men prefer to talk in threes."

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