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My kind of loyalty was loyalty...

My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its officeholders. The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing; it is the thing to watch over, and care for, and be loyal to institutions are extraneous, they are its mere clothing, and clothing can wear out, become ragged, cease to be comfortable, cease to protect the body from winter, disease, and death.

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It is curious-curious that phy...

It is curious-curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare. -Mark Twain.

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Courage is resistance to fear,...

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear--not absence of fear.

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There are several good protect...

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

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Man was made at the end of the...

Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.

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The public is the only critic ...

The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all.

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When a man's dog turns against...

When a man's dog turns against him it is time for a wife to pack her trunk and go home to mama.

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All say, 'How hard it is that...

All say, 'How hard it is that we have to die'--a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.

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We owe a deep debt of gratitud...

We owe a deep debt of gratitude to Adam, the first great benefactor of the human race: he brought death into the world.

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All say, 'How hard it is that...

All say, 'How hard it is that we have to die' - a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.

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Let us endeavor to live that w...

Let us endeavor to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.

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When a person cannot deceive h...

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.

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The difference between the rig...

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.

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The principle of give and take...

The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy--give one and take ten.

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Be careless in your dress if y...

Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul.

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There is nothing training cann...

There is nothing training cannot do. Nothing is above its reach. It can turn bad morals to good; it can destroy bad principles and recreate good ones; it can lift men to angelship. -Mark Twain.

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I have never let my schooling ...

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

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The first half of life consist...

The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.

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A man who carries a cat by the...

A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.

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When I was a boy of fourteen, ...

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

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