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Quote by James Otis
I pray God I may never be brought to the melancholy trial but, if

I pray God I may never be brought to the melancholy trial but, if ever I should, it will then be known how far I can reduce to practice principles which I know to be founded in truth. – James Otis

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It is a clear truth that those who every day barter away other mens liberty will soon care little for their own. – James Otis

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The only principles of public conduct that are worthy of a gentleman or a man are to sacrifice estate, ease, health, and applause, and even life, to the sacred calls of his country. – James Otis

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A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth. – Will Rogers

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My truths do not last long in me. Not as long as those that are not mine. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion. – Francis Bacon

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Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts. – Alan Cohen

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Be obscure clearly. – E.B. White

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