"The space you occupy and the authority you exercise may be measured with mathematical exactness by the service you render."
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"Happiness may be found only by helping others to find it."
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"My biggest problem with modernity may lie in the growing separation of the ethical and the legal"
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"Success is deeply rooted in time and place. You may have the drive to read tons of books on biology. But if there are no books on biology in your library, and the library is never open, your drive is meaningless."
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"The Japanese invaded Tulagi, in the Solomon Islands, on May 4."
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"So act that anything you do may become universal law."
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"That is why we may say that the historical development of capitalism has involved the thrust towards the commodification of everything."
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"Alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, may produce all the effects of drunkenness."
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"I have invented an invaluable permanent invalid called Bunbury, in order that I may be able to go down into the country whenever I choose."
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"Democracy may have arisen in the West as the way of striving for the universal aspiration to dignity and freedom, but it isn't alien to the underlying concepts that infuse religion and moral philosophy everywhere."
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"Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters."
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""Some things may change," said Wednesday, abruptly. "People, however... People stay the same.""
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"You may be sensitive inside, but what I see on the outside is a soldier."
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"These will vary in every human being; but knowledge is the same for every mind, and every mind may and ought to be trained to receive it."
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"Our life is what our thoughts make it. Do every act of your life as if it were your last. In a word, your life is short. You must make the most of the present with the aid of reason and justice. Since it is possible that you may be quitting life this very moment, govern every act and thought accordingly."
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"The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed."
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"We may say of agreeableness, as distinct from beauty, that it is a symmetry whose rules are unknown."
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"Whatever pretext we may give for our affections, often it is only interest and vanity which cause them."
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"On the other hand, pot opens windows and doors that you may not be able to get through any other way."
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"You may bring a horse to the river, but he will drinke when and what he pleaseth."
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