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Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What

Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain at one end you lose at the other. Its like feeding a dog on his own tail. It wont fatten the dog. – Mark Twain

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Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside. – Mark Twain

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He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy. – Thomas Hobbes

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