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I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.

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Who does more earnestly long for a change than he who is uneasy in his present circumstances? And who run to create confusions with so desperate a boldness as those who have nothing to lose, hope to gain by them?
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Change Circumstance Creation Hope Lose Present
Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.
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Emotional Life Ourselves Source Symptom
Every tribulation which ever comes our way either is sent to be medicinal, if we will take it as such, or may become medicinal, if we will make it such, or is better than medicinal, unless we forsake it.
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Medicine Ourselves Way
Most people know nothing about learning; many despise it. Dummies reject as too hard whatever is not dumb.
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Hard Learning People
The way to heaven out of all places is of length and distance.
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Distance Heaven Place
Friendship demands attention.
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Attention Demand Friendship
To gold and silver nature hath given no use that we may not well lack.
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Gold Silver Use
Food is an implement of magic, and only the most coldhearted rationalist could squeeze the juices of life out of it and make it bland. In a true sense, a cookbook is the best source of psychological advice and the kitchen the first choice of room for a therapy of the world.
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Advice Food Life Magic Therapy True World
Kindness and good nature unite men more effectually and with greater strength than any agreements whatsoever, since thereby the engagements of men’s hearts become stronger than the bond and obligation of words.
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Goodness Heart Kindness Men Nature Obligation Strong Word
There are several sorts of religions, not only in different parts of the island, but even in every town; some worshipping the sun, others the moon or one of the planets.
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Moon Planet Religion Several Worship
Yea, marry, now it is somewhat, for now it is rhyme; before, it was neither rhyme nor reason.
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Marriage Reason Rhyme
I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.
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Law Myself Protection Reason
It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.
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Best Invention Man Natural
For men use, if they have an evil turn, to write it in marble; and whoso doth us a good turn we write it in dust.
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Goodness Man Writing
If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable.
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Honor Profit
An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.
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Ideas Man Oneself Rare

I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.

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