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The luxury of doing good surpasses every other personal enjoyment.


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Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee.

Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee.



Fair is the marigold, for pottage meet.

Fair is the marigold, for pottage meet.



Thus shadow owes its birth to light.

Thus shadow owes its birth to light.



Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save.

Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save.



Lions, wolves, and vultures don't live together in herds, droves or flocks. Of all animals of prey, man is the only sociable one. Every one of us preys upon his neighbor, and yet we herd together.

Lions, wolves, and vultures don't live together in herds, droves or flocks. Of all animals of prey, man is the only sociable one. Every one of us preys upon his neighbor, and yet we herd together.



Envy is a kind of praise.

Envy is a kind of praise.



You can only be called a hypocrite if you judge others first.

You can only be called a hypocrite if you judge others first.



And when a lady's in the case, You know, all other things give place.

And when a lady's in the case, You know, all other things give place.



Nor love, not honor, wealth nor power, can give the heart a cheerful hour when health is lost. Be timely wise; With health all taste of pleasure flies.

Nor love, not honor, wealth nor power, can give the heart a cheerful hour when health is lost. Be timely wise; With health all taste of pleasure flies.



From kings to cobblers 'tis the same; Bad servants wound their masters' fame.

From kings to cobblers 'tis the same; Bad servants wound their masters' fame.





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In the euphoria after the Cold War, there was a misplaced notion that the UN could solve every problem anywhere.

In the euphoria after the Cold War, there was a misplaced notion that the UN could solve every problem anywhere.



The spirit of logical analysis should in practice blend with the practical pressure for the adoption of some form of international language, but it should not allow itself to be stampeded by it.

The spirit of logical analysis should in practice blend with the practical pressure for the adoption of some form of international language, but it should not allow itself to be stampeded by it.



I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.

I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.



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The great actors are the luminous ones. They are the great conductors of the stage.



Whoever controls your energy controls your destiny. 100 percent renewable energy is 100 percent American.

Whoever controls your energy controls your destiny. 100 percent renewable energy is 100 percent American.



Yes, we rather condemn people for eternity without the courtesy of informing them.

Yes, we rather condemn people for eternity without the courtesy of informing them.



If it is unpatriotic to tear down the flag, which is a symbol of the country, why isn't it more unpatriotic to desecrate the country itself-to pollute, despoil and ravage the air, land and sea.

If it is unpatriotic to tear down the flag, which is a symbol of the country, why isn't it more unpatriotic to desecrate the country itself-to pollute, despoil and ravage the air, land and sea.



Signs must be read with caution. The history of Christendom is replete with instances of people who misread the signs.

Signs must be read with caution. The history of Christendom is replete with instances of people who misread the signs.



Kenny G, I have to be grateful to him for proving that the instrument can be played all different kinds of ways.

Kenny G, I have to be grateful to him for proving that the instrument can be played all different kinds of ways.




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