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To all who have known really happy family lives, that is, to all who have known or who have witnessed the greatest happiness which there can be on thi...more

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Comparison is the thief of joy.

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The citizen must have high ideals, and yet he must be able to achieve them inpractical fashion.

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Indeed, it is a sign of marked political weakness in anycommonwealth if the people tend to be carried away by mere oratory, if theytend to value words...more

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We are bound in honor to strive to bring ever nearer the day when, as far is humanly possible, we shall be able to realize the ideal that each man sha...more

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Character must show itself in the man'sperformance both of the duty he owes himself and of the duty he owes the state.The man's foremast duty is owed ...more

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That is why I decline to recognize the meremultimillionaire, the man of mere wealth, as an asset of value to any country;and especially as not an asse...more

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We should not take part in acting a lie any more than in telling a lie. Weshould not say that men are equal where they are not equal, nor proceed upon...more

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Generally the thunder-storms came in the afternoon, but once I saw one at sunrise, driving down the high mountain valleys toward us. It was a very bea...more

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There is quite enough sorrow and shame and suffering and baseness in real life and there is no need for meeting it unnecessarily in fiction. As Police...more

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Books are all very well in their way, and we love them at Sagamore Hill; but children are better than books.