"Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves."
-Henry Ward Beecher
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"Law represents the effort of man to organize society governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty.“
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"The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart."
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"What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away."
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"Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it."
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"I think human society for tens of thousands of years has sent young men out in small groups to do things that are necessary but very dangerous. And they've always gotten killed doing it. And they've always turned it into a matter of honor and a way of gaining acceptance back into society if they survived."
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