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" A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines. "
Benjamin Franklin
Friend
Attend
Sun
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" In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it. "
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" My elder brothers were all put apprentices to different trades. I was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the Church. "
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" God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man. "
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High
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" Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. "
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" Marriage is the most natural state of man, and... the state in which you will find solid happiness. "
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Man
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Religion
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Where
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" Observe all men, thyself most. "
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Most
Thyself
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Egg
Hen
Better
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Found
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Need
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Short
Owe
Money
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Motion
Never
Action
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Complete
Got
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