I believe that the members of my family must be as free from suspicion as from actual crime.

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The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite.

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A wise man hears one word and understands two.

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When asked what was the proper time for supper: If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can.

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Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That's one reason old men can send them to war.

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Every man is a priest, even involuntarily; his conduct is an unspoken sermon, which is forever preaching to others.

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No music is so charming to my ear as the requests of my friends, and the supplications of those in want of my assistance.

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I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best.

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Never marry a man you wouldn't want to be divorced from.

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Show me a satisfied man, and I'll show you a failure.

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