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" I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an attorney. "

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" Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find? "

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" We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself. "

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" Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us. "

" When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. "

" Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test. "

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" There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible. "

" No man was ever great by imitation. "

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" If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair. "

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" Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. "

Self-Confidence

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" Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance. "

" A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner. "

" Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own. "