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The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.

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Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores - it's called partnership.
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Love is what enables us to bridge the gap of disappointment when others don't live up to the expectations we have of them.
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It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister.
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Psychotherapy, unlike castor oil, which will work no matter how you get it down, is useless when forced on an uncooperative patient.
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Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.
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It is totally unconscionable to subject defenseless animals to mutilation and death, just so a company can be the first to market a new shade of nail polish or a new, improved laundry detergent. It's cruel, it's brutal, it's inhumane, and most people don't want it.
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You are what you are when nobody is looking.
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People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.
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I agree that marijuana laws are overdue for an overhaul. I also favor the medical use of marijuana -- if it's prescribed by a physician. I cannot understand why the federal government should interfere with the doctor-patient relationship, nor why it would ignore the will of a majority of voters who have legally approved such legislation.
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If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we'd all be millionaires.
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O, heavenly Father: we thank thee for food and remember the hungry. We thank thee for health and remember the sick. We thank thee for friends and remember the friendless. We thank thee for freedom and remember the enslaved. May these remembrances stir us to service, That thy gifts to us may be used for others. Amen.
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SO the richest are often the poorest as this saying goes, Loneliness is the ultimate poverty
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A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
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While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.
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Cruel words erode the self-esteem like the ocean eats away the shore.
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Maturity is the ability to do a job whether you're supervised or not finish a job once it's started carry money without spending it and the ability to bear an injustice without wanting to get even.
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Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
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In Biblical times, a man could have as many wives as he could afford. Just like today.
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Never give a golfer an ultimatum unless you're prepared to lose.
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If you don't value what you have, you're sure to lose it.
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