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A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

When the missionaries came to Africa, they had the Bible and we had the land. They said: 'Let us pray'. We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.

You [an aspiring writer] can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

Abraham Lincoln

A man's mind is wont to tell him more than seven watchmen sitting in a tower.

Rudyard Kipling

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.

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If you see what is right and fail to act on it, you lack courage.

I have a heart with room for every joy.

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive.

A great change in life is like a cold bath in winter — we all hesitate at the first plunge.

If you want work well done, select a busy man‚ the other kind has no time.

The enemy of a love is never outside, it's not a man or woman, it's what we lack in ourselves.