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Be not slow to visit the sick.

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A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.

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If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

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In the United States there is more space where nobody is than where anybody is. That is what makes America what it is.

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A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.

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Mathematics is the queen of the sciences.

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There is a homely old adage which runs: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." If the American nation will speak softly, and yet build and keep at a pitch of the highest training a thoroughly efficient navy, the Monroe Doctrine will go far.

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Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

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The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart.

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Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.... Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

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