The world is but a large prison, out of which some are daily selected for execution. - Walter Raleigh

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Never leave a friend behind. Friends are all we have to get us through this life--and they are the only things from this world that we could hope to see in the next.

Walter Raleigh

The world is but a large prison, out of which some are daily selected for execution.

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Talking much is a sign of vanity, for the one who is lavish with words is cheap in deeds.

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Men endure the losses that befall them by mere casualty with more patience than the damages they sustain by injustice.

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But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust.

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Whoever commands the sea, commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself.

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The most divine light only shineth on those minds which are purged from all worldly dross and human uncleanliness.

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Dean Koontz

Never leave a friend behind. Friends are all we have to get us through this life--and they are the only things from this world that we could hope to see in the next.

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During the period of capital moving from one employment to another, the profits on that to which capital is flowing will be relatively high, but will continue so no longer than till the requisite capital is obtained.

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There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant.

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The inquiry in England is not whether a man has talents and genius, but whether he is passive and polite and a virtuous ass and obedient to noblemen's opinions in art and science. If he is, he is a good man. If not, he must be starved.

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