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| A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. | | Uncategorized | |
| A town is saved, not more by the righteous men in it than by the woods and swamps that surround it | | Uncategorized | |
| A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting. | | Actors and acting; Books | |
| A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men. | | Chance; Wisdom | |
| Absolutely speaking, do unto others as you would that they should do unto you is by no means a golden rule, but the best of current silver. An honest man would have but little occasion for it. It is golden not to have any rule at all in such a case. | | Uncategorized | |
| After all the field of battle possesses many advantages over the drawing-room. There at least is no room for pretension or excessive ceremony, no shaking of hands or rubbing of noses, which make one doubt your sincerity, but hearty as well as hard hand-play. It at least exhibits one of the faces of humanity, the former only a mask. | | Uncategorized | |
| After the first blush of sin comes its indifference. | | Uncategorized | |
| All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant | | Uncategorized | |
| All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil. The fight to the finish spirit is the one... characteristic we must posses if we are to face the future as finishers. | | Uncategorized | |
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| All perception of truth is the detection of an analogy. | | Uncategorized | |
| All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man. | | Uncategorized | |
| All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong. | | Uncategorized | |
| Almost any man knows how to earn money, but not one in a million knows how to spend it. | | Uncategorized | |
| Always you have to contend with the stupidity of men. | | Stupidity | |
| An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day. | | Uncategorized | |
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| Any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it | | Uncategorized | |
