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"The right of a nation to determine its own form of government does not include the right to establish a slave society (that is, to legalize the enslavement of some men by others). There is no such thing as "the right to enslave." A nation can do it, just as a man can become a criminal- but neither can do it by right."
"Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter where he started."
"A 'whim' is a desire experienced by a person who does not know and does not care to discover its cause."
"Ordinary human concern for human distress does not manifest itself ordinarily in the form of a gun aimed at the wallets and earnings of one's neighbors."
"Contempt is not a thing to be despised. It may be borne with a calm and equal mind, but no man, by lifting his head high, can pretend that he does not perceive the scorns that are poured down on him from above."
"One ought not to hoard culture. It should be adapted and infused into society as a leaven. Liberality of culture does not mean illiberality of its benefits."
"The mind is the pilot. We think of things before the body does them."
"I think of few heroic actions, which cannot be traced to the artistical impulse. He who does great deeds, does them from his innate sensitiveness to moral beauty."
"I find that the standard of living does not go up in proportion with the cost of living. The trick in life is to do things that are fun all the time."
"Does the business have favourable long term prospects?"
"As far as you are concerned, the stock market does not exist. Ignore it."
"I've always been a generous and a kind person and so on, but never, ever have I experienced that kind of love. The world just looked different to me and still does."
"Colouring does not depend on where the colours are put, but on where the lights and darks are put, and all depends on form and outline, on where that is put."
"A skylark wounded in the wing, / A cherubim does cease to sing."
"Our own acts are isolated and one act does not buy absolution for another."
"I have grown to believe that there is no dangerous idea, which does not become less dangerous when written out in sincere and careful English."
"This does not matter. This is not anything yet. It all depends on what you do with it, afterward."
"The Federal Narcotics Bureau does a grave disservice by disseminating a lot of misinformation. Most of what they say is such nonsense that I didn't believe them about addiction."
"Macduff: What three things does drink especially provoke? Porter: Marry, sir, nose-painting, sleep, and urine."
"No visor does become black villainy so well as soft and tender flattery."
