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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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Success Quote

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

- Bill Cosby

Marriage Quote

Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.

- Marilyn Monroe

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I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens.

- Woody Allen

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The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.

- G. K. Chesterton

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I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

- Walt Disney

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