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IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient comes to be considered wrong, wicked, immoral.

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I have found by experience that man makes his plans to be upset by God, but, at the same time, where the ultimate goal is the search of truth, on matter how a man's plans are frustrated the issue is never injurious and often better than anticipated.

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Man, an animal that makes bargains.

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I went over the heads of the things a man reckons desirable. No doubt invisibility made it possible to get them, but it made it impossible to enjoy them when they are got.

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Men who think deeply appear to be comedians in their dealings with others because they always have to feign superficiality in order to be understood.

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The God who made New Hampshire Taunted the lofty land With little men.

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Every man has a choice between love of truth and love of repose. Love of repose brings him a solid reputation and peaceful life; love of truth keeps him in suspense. A man who loves truth respects the highest law of his being.

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For God's will gave men their form, their essence and their abilities. Anyone who destroys His work is declaring war on the Lord's creation, the divine will.

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What a woman most admires in a man is distinction among men. What a man most admires in a woman is devotion to himself.

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A man who behaves like a beast is worse than the beast.

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Gold in its native state is but dull, unornamental stuff, and only lowborn metals excite the admiration of the ignorant with an ostentatious glitter. However, like the rest of the world, I still go on underrating men of gold and glorifying men of mica.

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Those who best know human nature will acknowledge most fully what a strength light hearted nonsense give to a hard working man

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...I do not want a government that will take care of me, I want a government that will make other men take their hands off me so I can take care of myself.

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A sober man may become a drunkard through being a coward. A brave man may become a coward through being a drunkard.

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To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation.

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It is just as hard to do your duty when men are sneering at you as when they are shouting at you.

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The mediation by the serpent was necessary. Evil can seduce man, but cannot become man.

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A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.

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Cannot you tell that? Every fool can tell that. It was the very day that young Hamlet was born, he that is mad and sent into England." "Ay, marry, why was he sent into England?" "Why, because he was mad. He shall recover his wits there, or, if he do not, it's no great matter there." "Why?" "'Twill not be seen in him there. There the men are as mad as he.

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We are not here to triumph by fighting, by strata gem, or by resistance, not to fight with beasts as men. We have fought the beast and have conquered. We have only to conquer now, by suffering. This is the easier victory.

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