"Press on! for in the grave there is no work and no device. Press on! while yet you may."
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"Never make a promise - you may have to keep it."
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"May all sentient beings be happy and free of suffering."
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"Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown."
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"Men may second fortune, but they cannot thwart her."
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"Benefits should be granted little by little, so that they may be better enjoyed."
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"We are bound by the law, so that we may be free."
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"In our amusements a certain limit is to be placed that we may not devote ourselves to a life of pleasure and thence fall into immorality."
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"For as the law is set over the magistrate, even so are the magistrates set over the people. And therefore, it may be truly said, "that the magistrate is a speaking law, and the law is a silent magistrate."
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"Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says. [Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis, in errore perseverae. Posteriores enim cogitationes (ut aiunt) sapientiores solent esse.]"
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"Let war be so carried on that no other object may seem to be sought but the acquisition of peace. [Lat., Bellum autem ita suscipiatur, ut nihil aliud, nisi pax, quaesita videatur.]"
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"Our hearts are not stones. A stone may disintegrate in time and lose its outward form. But hearts never disintegrate. They have no outward form, and whether good or evil, we can always communicate them to one another."
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"Men may boast of their great actions; but they are more often the effects of chance than of design."
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"However much we may distrust men's sincerity, we always believe they speak to us more sincerely than to others."
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"People who don't believe in God may have their own way of justifying some bad act they have committed."
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"Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force. But even Capitalist cynicism will admit that however unconscionable we may be when our own interests are affected, we can be most indignantly virtuous at the expense of others."
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"Oh may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence."
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"Particular lies may speak a general truth."
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"Ignorance is not so damnable as humbug, but when it prescribes pills it may happen to do more harm."
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"Of a truth, Knowledge is power, but it is a power reined by scruple, having a conscience of what must be and what may be. . . ."
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