"The home is a tryst-the place where we retire and shut the world out."
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"Insomnia never comes to a man who has to get up exactly at six o'clock. Insomnia troubles only those who can sleep any time."
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"The finest flowers are those transplanted, for transplanting means difficulty, a readjusting to new conditions, and through the effort put forth to find adjustment does the plant progress."
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"Blessed is the man who has found someone to do his work."
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"One great, strong, unselfish soul in every community would actually redeem the world."
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"Men whose lives are doubtful want a strong government and a hot religion"
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"Be patient with the boys - you are dealing with soul-stuff."
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"Public opinion is the judgment of the incapable many opposed to that of the discerning few."
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"Wealth: A cunning device of Fate whereby men are made captive, and burdened with responsibilites from which only Death can file their fetters."
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"The past is one evil less and one memory more."
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"A creed is an ossified metaphor."
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"Martyrs and persecutors are the same type of man. As to which is the persecutor and which the martyr, this is only a question of transient power."
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"It is always the nearest, plainest and simplest principles that learned men comprehend last."
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"It is only life and love that give love and life."
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"Don't lose faith in humanity; think of all the people in the United States who have never played you a single nasty trick."
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"A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman is as bad as she dares"
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"There is a joy in going without things, a fine tang in eliminating the superfluous."
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"I believe it is possible that I shall make other creeds, and change this one, or add to it, from time to time, as new light may come to me."
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"If your religion does not change you, then you had better change your religion."
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"Money never made a fool of anybody; it only shows them up."
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