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I'd rather break stones on the king's highway than hem a handkerchief.

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We are bothered a good deal by people who assume the responsibility of the world when God is neglectful.
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I cannot explain it but when difficulties arise, I am not perplexed or doubtful. I know how to meet them.
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Every renaissance comes to the world with a cry, the cry of the human spirit to be free.
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