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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

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It's a long slow process for a human to die. We kill a cow, and it is dead as soon as the meat is eaten, but a man's life dies as a commotion in a sti...more

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Up ahead they's a thousan' lives we might live, but when it comes, it'll on'y be one. If I go ahead on all of 'em, it's too much. You got to live ahea...more

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Smile and thank God, that you are alive today!

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On the black earth on which the ice plants bloomed, hundreds of black stink bugs crawled. And many of them stuck their tails up in the air. "Look at a...more

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It has always seemed strange to me...The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the conco...more

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Suddenly he knew joy and sorrow felted into one fabric. Courage and fear were one thing too.

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At such a time it seems natural and good to me to ask myself these questions. What do I believe in? What must I fight for and what must I fight agains...more

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He had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat.

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Morning seems to come earlier every year I live.

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Timshel - thou mayest

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In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layer of frailty men want to be good and want be loved. Indeed most of their vices are attem...more

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Humans are caught -- in their lives, in their thoughts, in their hungers and ambitions, in their avarice and cruelty, and in their kindness and genero...more

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His ear heard more than what was said to him, and his slow speech had overtones not of thought, but of understanding beyond thought.

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Hm-m," he said. "Lookie, Ma. I been all day an' all night hidin' alone. Guess whoI been thinkin' about? Casy! He talked a lot. Used ta bother me. But ...more