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" At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter. "
Henry Adams
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" Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit. "
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" The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek. "
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" Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. "
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" No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. "
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" No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else. "
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" It is always good men who do the most harm in the world. "
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" One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim. "
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