"It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen."
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"When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.“
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"Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men."
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"The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance."
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"In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons."
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"Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before."
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"It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing."
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"Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women."
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"We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart."
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"Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be."
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"Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?"
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