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| Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. |
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| Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing: I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end, when I come to lay down the reins of power, I have l |
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| Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them. |
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| Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way. |
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| Die when I may, I want it said by those who knew me best that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow. |
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| Die when I may, I want it said of me that I plucked a weed and planted a flower where ever I thought a flower would grow. |
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| Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. |
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| Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence. |
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| Do not worry; eat three square meals a day; say your prayers; be courteous to your creditors; keep your digestion good; exercise; go slow and easy. Maybe there are other things your special case requires to make you happy; but, my friend, these I rec |
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| Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties. |
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| Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition. |
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| Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition |
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| Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. |
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| Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old. |
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| Every person is responsible for his own looks after 40. |
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