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Quote by Robert Hall
Of all the species of literary composition, perhaps biography is t

Of all the species of literary composition, perhaps biography is the most delightful. The attention concentrated on one individual gives a unity to the materials of which it is composed, which is wanting in general history. – Robert Hall

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A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity. – Robert Hall

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War is nothing less than a temporary repeal of the principles of virtue. It is a system out of which almost all the virtues are excluded, and in which nearly all the vices are included. – Robert Hall

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Since the dawn of time, traditional marriage – the union between one man and one woman – has been the building block of civilization, and at no point in our nations history has that foundation been under more severe attack than now. – Jim DeMint

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They can shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech. – James Stockdale

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The history of our country is cruel. We have to face those issues or, should I say, we had to. Not anymore I hope, because we are going in the right direction, and we are ready to forgive, ready to move on. – Novak Djokovic

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If you listen to Giuliani, its like nobody did anything to improve the city except him. Im not part of the history. Bloombergs not part of the history. Its like, he did it. Hes the only one. Thats why hes a little crazy. – Ed Koch

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Remember that God under the Law ordained a Lamb to be offered up to Him every Morning and Evening. – Thomas Ken

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When you see what some women marry, you realize how they must hate to work for a living. – Helen Rowland

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Where hope would otherwise become hopelessness, it becomes faith. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Just as there is nothing between the admirable omelet and the intolerable, so with autobiography. – Hilaire Belloc

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