The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run

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I will live and die by this testimony: that I loved a good conscience; that I never invaded another man's liberty; and that I preserved my own.

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A thing may be incredible and still be true; sometimes it is incredible because it is true.

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The sweetest joys of life grow in the very jaws of its perils.

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There's magic in the water that draws all men away form the land, that leads them over hills, down creeks and streams and rivers to the sea.

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To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.

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He knows himself, and all that's in him, who knows adversity.

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Time is made up of various ages; and each thinks its own a novelty.

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Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

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Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.

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