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Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence. – Charles A. Beard

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You do what you can for as long as you can, and when you finally cant, you do the next best thing. You back up but you dont give up. – Chuck Yeager

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