To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.

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Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

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If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.

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The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite.

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Nothing shows our weakness more than to be so sharp-sighted at spying other men's faults, and so purblind about our own.

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There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. There will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.

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The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

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When you put a man and a woman together, there are some things they simply have to do. They embrace, they warm each other. All the rest is dead and empty.

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It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking.

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Never marry a man you wouldn't want to be divorced from.

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