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Anger is like ice, and also quick to melt.

Maxim Gorky

Processing the human raw material is naturally more complicated than processing lumber.
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Human Material Natural Process
All of us are pilgrims on this earth. I’ve even heard people say that the earth itself is a pilgrim in the heavens.
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Earth Heaven People Pilgrimage
Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you wrong.
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Charity Goodness Humanity Kindness Sorry Wrong
A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains.
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Bad Brain Goodness Head Man Stupidity
In the carriages of the past, you can’t go anywhere.
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Carriage Past Yourself
Just think, reader, what will happen to you if the truth of a mad beast overpowers the sane truth of man?
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Man Reading Sanity Thinking Truth
Our most merciless enemy is our past.
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Enemy Mercy Ourselves Past
An honest man is all right even if he’s an idiot…but a crook must have brains.
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Brain Honesty Idiot Man Right
To an old man any place that’s warm is homeland.
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Home Land Man Old Place Warm
One word of praise from a woman is dearer to me than a whole ode from a man.
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Man Praise Whole Woman Word
In war it is necessary to kill as many people as possible — such is the cynical logic of war. Brutality in a fight is unavoidable; have you seen how cruelly children fight in the streets?
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Avoid Children Cruelty Fight Necessary People War
Everything which is good in me should be credited to books.
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Book Credit Goodness Myself
Lies are the religion of slaves and masters. Truth is the god of the free man.
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Freedom Lying Man Master Religion
What can you do by killing? Nothing. You kill one dog, the master buys another-that’s all there is to it.
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Dog Kill Master Oneself
Many contemporary authors drink more than they write.
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Contemporary Drink Writing
We ever long for visions of beauty, We ever dream of unknown worlds.
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Beautiful Dreams Unknown Vision World

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