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Human judgment is never unerring, and is rarely regarded as otherwise than wrong by the unsuccessful party in the contest.
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The happy and the powerful do not go into exile, and there are no surer guarantees of equality among men than poverty and misfortune.
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In the realm of time there is no aristocracy of wealth, and no aristocracy of intellect.
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He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who has pity on the poor is blessed.
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He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.
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The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.
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A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.
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He who has a generous eye will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.
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The friend, however, took her in, and the friend's husband was obliged to sleep upon a bench in the park every night for a week, which he did uncomplainingly if not cheerfully.
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If national pride is ever justifiable or excusable it is when it springs, not from power or riches, grandeur or glory, but from conviction of national innocence, information, and benevolence.
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Liberty and law have marched hand in hand.
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If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
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One good turn deserves another.