"To forget a friend is sad. Not every one has had a friend. And if I forget him, I may become like the grown−ups who are no longer interested in anything but figures."
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"In inventing a model we may assume what we wish, but should avoid impossibilities."
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"It may be argued that peoples for whom philosophers legislate are always prosperous."
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"In revolutions the occasions may be trifling but great interest are at stake."
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"And this activity alone would seem to be loved for its own sake; for nothing arises from it apart from the contemplating, while from practical activities we gain more or less apart from the action. And happiness is thought to depend on leisure; for we are busy that we may have leisure, and make war that we may live in peace."
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"Life is full of chances and changes, and the most prosperous of men may in the evening of his days meet with great misfortunes."
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"A period may be defined as a portion of speech that has in itself a beginning and an end, being at the same time not too big to be taken in at a glance"
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"For it is not true, as some treatise-mongers lay down in their systems, of the probity of the speaker, that it contributes nothing to persuasion; but moral character nearly, I may say, carries with it the most sovereign efficacy in making credible."
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"Nature is the true revelation of the Deity to man. The nearest green field is the inspired page from which you may read all that it is needful for you to know."
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"With health, everything is a source of pleasure; without it, nothing else, whatever it may be, is enjoyable...Healt h is by far the most important element in human happiness."
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"You may not think about politics, but politics think about you."
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"Life, woman, life is God's most precious gift; no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it."
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"You know how often the turning down this street or that, the accepting or rejecting of an invitation, may deflect the whole current of our lives into some other channel. Are we mere leaves, fluttered hither and thither by the wind, or are we rather, with every conviction that we are free agents, carried steadily along to a definite and pre-determined end?"
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"It is possible to learn more than your doctor knows, particularly in key areas that specifically apply to you. In fact, you may discover material that your doctor never saw, or did see and never investigated."
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"If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue."
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"And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero."
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"I never buy anything unless I can fill out on a piece of paper my reasons. I may be wrong, but I would know the answer to that ...I'm paying $32 billion today for the Coca Cola Company because... If you can't answer that question, you shouldn't buy it. If you can answer that question, and you do it a few times, you'll make a lot of money."
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"All in Dali is indeed contrived, a brilliant illustration of his own psyche as he understands it, as opposed to how it truly may have been."
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"One may have staunch friends in one's own family, but one seldom has admirers."
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"I had a chair at every hearth, When no one turned to see, With 'Look at that old fellow there, 'And who may he be?"
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