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He showed that fame may be won and what services be rendered by a

He showed that fame may be won and what services be rendered by a plain son of the people unaided by any gifts of fortune. – James Bryce

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The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it. – James Bryce

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Books
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Three-fourths of the mistakes a man makes are made because he does not really know what he thinks he knows. – James Bryce

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Mistakes
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There is a hearty Puritanism in the view of human nature which pervades the instrument of 1787. It is the work of men who believed in original sin, and were resolved to leave open for transgressors no door which they could possibly shut. – James Bryce

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There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America. – William J. Clinton

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There are no accidents in my philosophy. Every effect must have its cause. The past is the cause of the present, and the present will be the cause of the future. All these are links in the endless chain stretching from the finite to the infinite. – Abraham Lincoln

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Presidents Day

Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind. – Thomas Jefferson

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I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other planets because their scientists were more advanced than ours. – John F. Kennedy

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Cruelty is the law pervading all nature and society and we cant get out of it if we would. – Thomas Hardy

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Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative. – William S. Burroughs

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I just hate one-dimensional portrayals of religion its too cheap and easy to do, and ignores the nuances that go into having a belief system. – Vera Farmiga

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