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Liberty is the right to do what the laws permit.

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I like peasants-they are not sophisticated enough to reason speciously.

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Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.

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What orators lack in depth they make up to you in length.

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Solemnity is the shield of idiots.

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The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.

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There is a very good saying that if the triangles invented a god, they would make him three-sided.

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You have to study a great deal to know a little.

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If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.

- Maya Angelou

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Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.

- Maya Angelou

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Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.

- Dr. Seuss

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Creativity is knowing how to hide your sources

- Albert Einstein

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Sometimes things fall apart so that better things can fall together.

- Marilyn Monroe

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