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If you lose your wealth, you have lost nothing; if you lose your health, you have lost something; but if you lose your character, you have lost everything.

Woodrow Wilson

The whole purpose of democracy is that we may hold counsel with one another, so as not to depend upon the understanding of one man.
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Counseling Democracy Man Purpose Understand
America cannot be an ostrich with its head in the sand.
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Country Head
The truth is we are all caught in a great economic system which is heartless.
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Economics Greatness Heart System Trap Truth
A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.
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Change Consult Doubt
We are no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.
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Domination Freedom Government Majority Man Opinion Vote
If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is a by-product, and any man who devotes himself to its cultivation in his own case will become a selfish prig.
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Character Devotion Himself Man People Thinking
A fault which humbles a person is of more use to him or her than a good action which puffs him or her up.
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Action Goodness Herself Himself Humble Mistake
The man who reads everything is like the man who eats everything: he can digest nothing, and the penalty of crowding one’s mind with other men’s thoughts is to have no thoughts of one’s own.
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Man Mindset Oneself Reading Thinking
One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.
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Counseling Heat Judgment Light
The fewer the desires, the more peace.
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Desire Peace Spiritual
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
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Inspirational Man Stream Strength
Understanding is the soil in which grow all the fruits of friendship.
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Friendship Fruit Growth Understand
When correcting a child, the goal is to apply light, not heat.
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Children Heat Light
If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.
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Conscience Dog Examination Face Home Yourself
The seed of revolution is repression.
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One Liner Oppression Revolution
A man may be defeated by his own secondary successes.
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Defeat Himself Man Success

If you lose your wealth, you have lost nothing; if you lose your health, you have lost something; but if you lose your character, you have lost everything.

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