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Very few people changed the world by sitting on their couch.

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The two Testaments are interesting, each in its own way. The Old one gives us a picture of these people's Deity as he was before he got religion, the other one gives us a picture of him as he appeared afterward.

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The safety of the people shall be the highest law.

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The true way goes over a rope which is not stretched at any great height but just above the ground. It seems more designed to make people stumble than to be walked upon.

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What we learn from history is that people don't learn from history.

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Let me tell you, you can paint pictures and get people indicted for just about anything.

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There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.

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Facts are what pedantic, dull people have instead of opinions.

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Our dog chases people on a bike. We've had to take it off him.

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The reason that adulation is not displeasing is that, though untrue, it shows one to be of consequence enough, in one way or other, to induce people to lie.

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The Master said, “What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and water—other people could not have borne such hardship, and yet it never spoiled Hui’s joy. What a worthy man was Hui!” (Analects 6.11)

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I have simplified my politics into an utter detestation of all existing governments; and, as it is the shortest and most agreeable and summary feeling imaginable, the first moment of an universal republic would convert me into an advocate for single and uncontradicted despotism. The fact is, riches are power, and poverty is slavery all over the earth, and one sort of establishment is no better, nor worse, for a people than another.

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Someone invent a NO LIFE alert so you can push a button and tons of people show up and hang out with you.

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People living alone get used to loneliness.

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It is a mistake that there is no bath that will cure people's manners, but drowning would help.

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People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors.

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I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people. I love theology and some philosophy.

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My faith in the people governing is, on the whole, infinitesimal; my faith in the people governed is, on the whole, illimitable.

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If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.

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People exaggerate both happiness and unhappiness; we are never so fortunate nor so unfortunate as people say we are.

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