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That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit.

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We must never assume that which is incapable of proof.

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It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.

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It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others.

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When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred.

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What more felicity can fall to creature,
Than to enjoy delight with liberty.

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And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country.

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The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered... deeply, ...finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.

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We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust or with fear. We can gain it only if we proceed with the understanding, the confidence, and the courage which flow from conviction.

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With malice toward none, with charity for all, ...let us strive on to finish the work we are in, ...to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.

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