I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.

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Peace can only be secured by justice; never by force of arms.

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The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God; but in cities little else but the works of men. And the one makes a better subject for contemplation than the other.

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No people can be truly happy... if abridged of the freedom of their consciences

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

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Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.

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I shall pass through life but once. Let me show kindness now, as I shall not pass this way again.

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If you protect a man from folly, you will soon have a nation of fools.

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No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.

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We are inclined to call things by the wrong names. We call prosperity 'happiness', and adversity 'misery' eventhough adversity is the school of wisdom and often the way to eternal happiness.

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