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- A study can be made against invasion by an army; no stand can be made against invasion by an idea.
- Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
- Every man is hero and an oracle to somebody, and to that person, whatever he says has an enhanced value.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
- It's easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing - that's the Lord's test.
- Mahalia Jackson
- The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone.
- Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906)
- The best portions of a good man's life, his little, nameless acts of kindness and love.
- William Wordsworth (1770 - 1850)
- Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
- Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over, and showing it principally in one place.
- Josh Billings (1818 - 1885)
- It is the doom of laziness and gluttony to be inactive without ease, and drowsy without tranquility.
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
- I learned that a great leader is a man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't want to do and like it.
- Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972)
- When I hear somebody sigh, "Life is hard," I am always tempted to ask, "compared to what?"
- Sydney J. Harris
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