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Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.
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Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious and the unfortunate.
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Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.
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The man who does not do his own thinking is a slave, and is a traitor to himself and to his fellow-men.
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In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are only consequences.
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Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne.
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Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.
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Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.
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Happiness is not a reward -- it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment -- it is a result.
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The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
Last Update: 20 October 2021
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