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It is part of the business of life to be affable and pleasing to those whom either nature, chance or circumstance has made our companions.

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We cannot go to heaven in featherbeds.
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Death Heaven Journey
By confronting us with irreducible mysteries that stretch our daily vision to include infinity, nature opens an inviting and guiding path toward a spiritual life.
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Life Mystery Nature Spiritual Vision
It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.
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Best Invention Man Natural
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
It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.
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Avoid Man Medicine Wisdom
An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man.
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Ideas Man Oneself Rare
There are dreadful punishments enacted against thieves, but it were much better to make such good provisions by which every man might be put in a method how to live, and so be preserved from the fatal necessity of stealing and of dying for it.
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Better Death Preserve Punishment Steal Thief
A good tale evil told were better untold, and an evil take well told need none other solicitor.
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Evil Goodness Need
Nobody sees a flower really, it is so small. We haven’t time,and to see takes time- like to have a friend takes time. One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled, but few are educated.
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Education Flower Friendship Oneself Problem Small
Howbeit, this one thing, son, I assure you on my faith, that if the parties will at hands call for justice, then, all were it my father stood on the one side, and the devil on the other, his cause being good, the devil should have right.
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Devil Faith Goodness Hands Oneself Right Thing
Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.
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Emotional Life Ourselves Source Symptom
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
Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.
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Government Law Leadership
Lord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others.
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Happiness Humor Life Share
Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.
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Campaign Hold Office
Because the soul has such deep roots in personal and social life and its values run so contrary to modern concerns, caring for the soul may well turn out to be a radical act, a challenge to accepted norms.
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Acceptance Challenge Life Modern Personal Social Soul

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