"Experience alone can give a final answer. The knowledge gained in a few years by a commission of the kind suggested would be worth more than volumes of mere assertions and contradictions.“

-John Bates Clark

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"Socialism appeals to better classes and has far more strength. Attack the state and you excite feelings of loyalty even among the disaffected classes but attack the industrial system and appeal to the state, and you may have loyalty in your favor."

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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."

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"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."

-Robert Frost

"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved."

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"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything."

-Mark Twain

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"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

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"To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge."

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"Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity."

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