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Always bear in mind that your own
resolution to succeed is more important than
any one thing
Always bear in mind that your own
resolution to succeed is more important than
any one thing
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Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and
remove all doubt
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and
remove all doubt
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Discourage Litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise
whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has
superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be
business enough.
Discourage Litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise
whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has
superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be
business enough.
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Force is all conquering, but its victories are short
lived.
Force is all conquering, but its victories are short
lived.
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He can compress the most words into the
smallest ideas of any man I ever met.
He can compress the most words into the
smallest ideas of any man I ever met.
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You may decieve all of the people part of the time, and part of the people all of the time, but not all the people
all the time.
You may decieve all of the people part of the time, and part of the people all of the time, but not all the people
all the time.
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When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I
feel bad, and that is my religion.
When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I
feel bad, and that is my religion.
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I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth,
they can be depended upon to meet any national crises. The great point is to bring
them the real facts.
I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth,
they can be depended upon to meet any national crises. The great point is to bring
them the real facts.
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I will prepare and someday my chance will
come.
I will prepare and someday my chance will
come.
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If I were two faced, would I be wearing this
one?
If I were two faced, would I be wearing this
one?
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If you would win a man to your cause, first convince
him that you are his sincere friend.
If you would win a man to your cause, first convince
him that you are his sincere friend.
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It has been my experience that folds who have no vices have very
few virtues.
It has been my experience that folds who have no vices have very
few virtues.
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It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and
claims kindred to the great God who made him.
It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and
claims kindred to the great God who made him.
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Let me not be understood as saying that there are no bad laws, nor that
grievances may not arise for the redress of which no legal provisions have been
made. Although bad laws, if they exist, should be repealed, still, while they continue in
force, they should be religiously observed.
Let me not be understood as saying that there are no bad laws, nor that
grievances may not arise for the redress of which no legal provisions have been
made. Although bad laws, if they exist, should be repealed, still, while they continue in
force, they should be religiously observed.
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Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character,
give him power.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character,
give him power.
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No man has a good enough memory to
make a successful liar
No man has a good enough memory to
make a successful liar
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No man is good enough to govern
another man without that other’s consent.
No man is good enough to govern
another man without that other’s consent.
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Tact is the ability to describe others as
they see themselves.
Tact is the ability to describe others as
they see themselves.
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That some should be rich, shows that others may
become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to
industry and enterprise.
That some should be rich, shows that others may
become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to
industry and enterprise.
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The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be
just.
The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be
just.
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Whatever you are, be a good
one.
Whatever you are, be a good
one.
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When you have got an elephant by the gind leg,
and he is trying to run away, it’s best to let him
run.
When you have got an elephant by the gind leg,
and he is trying to run away, it’s best to let him
run.
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You cannot escape the responsibility of
tomorrow by evading it today.
You cannot escape the responsibility of
tomorrow by evading it today.
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A friend is one who has the same enemies as
you have.
A friend is one who has the same enemies as
you have.
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A house divided against itself cannot
stand.
A house divided against itself cannot
stand.
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All that I am, or can be, I owe to my angel
mother.
All that I am, or can be, I owe to my angel
mother.
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All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower
would grow.
All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower
would grow.
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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to
succeed is more important than any other.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to
succeed is more important than any other.
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Am I not destroying my enemies when I
make friends of them?
Am I not destroying my enemies when I
make friends of them?
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America will never be destroyed from the outside.
If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because
we destroyed ourselves.
America will never be destroyed from the outside.
If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because
we destroyed ourselves.
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As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a
master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a
master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
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As our case is new, we must think and
act anew.
As our case is new, we must think and
act anew.
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Avoid popularity if you would have
peace.
Avoid popularity if you would have
peace.
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Ballots are the rightful and peaceful
successors to bullets.
Ballots are the rightful and peaceful
successors to bullets.
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Be sure you put your feet in the right
place, then stand firm.
Be sure you put your feet in the right
place, then stand firm.
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Character is like a tree and reputation is like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
Character is like a tree and reputation is like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
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Common looking people are the best in the world:
that is the reason the Lord makes so many of
them.
Common looking people are the best in the world:
that is the reason the Lord makes so many of
them.
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Let every American, swear by the blood of the
Revolution, never to violate the laws of the country, and
never to tolerate their violation by others.
Let every American, swear by the blood of the
Revolution, never to violate the laws of the country, and
never to tolerate their violation by others.
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In law it is a good policy to never plead what you need not, lest you oblige yourself to prove what
you can not.
In law it is a good policy to never plead what you need not, lest you oblige yourself to prove what
you can not.
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The leading rule for the lawyer is diligence. Leave nothing for
tomorrow which can be done today.
The leading rule for the lawyer is diligence. Leave nothing for
tomorrow which can be done today.
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Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this. Who can be more nearly a fiend than he who
habitually overhauls the register of deeds in search of defects in
titles?
Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this. Who can be more nearly a fiend than he who
habitually overhauls the register of deeds in search of defects in
titles?
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Resolve to be honest at all events; and if in your own
judgment you cannot be an honest lawyer, resolve to be
honest without being a lawyer
Resolve to be honest at all events; and if in your own
judgment you cannot be an honest lawyer, resolve to be
honest without being a lawyer