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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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Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.
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If you don't value what you have, you're sure to lose it.
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You could move.' ---Dear Abby responds to a reader who complained that a gay couple was moving in across the street and wanted to know what he could do to improve the quality of the neighborhood.
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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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Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores - it's called partnership.
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True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
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So yesterday you fell off the wagon? Or maybe you blew your diet? Or lost your temper and shot off your mouth? Well, that was yesterday. Today is a brand-new day with a clean slate, so forget yesterday!
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Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more.
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Religion, like water, may be free, but when they pipe it to you, you've got to help pay for the piping. And the piper.
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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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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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If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we'd all be millionaires.
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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 you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
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I can't think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer.
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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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You are what you are when nobody is looking.
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Kids grow up awfully fast these days,she said. You should try to have a good relationship with your kids, no matter what they do.
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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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Kissing power is stronger than will power.
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