"In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best."
-Robert Hall
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"Of all the species of literary composition, perhaps biography is the most delightful. The attention concentrated on one individual gives a unity to the materials of which it is composed, which is wanting in general history.“
-Robert Hall
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"A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity."
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"We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days."
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"In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits."
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"Rising health care spending occurs because it is beneficial, not a burden on the economy."
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"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
-Marilyn Monroe
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"History will be kind to me for I intend to write it."
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"Man's naked form belongs to no particular moment in history it is eternal, and can be looked upon with joy by the people of all ages."
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"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality."
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"Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe."
-H. G. Wells
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