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Quarreling over food and drink, having neither scruples nor shame, not knowing right from wrong, not trying to avoid death or injury, not fearful of greater strength or of greater numbers, greedily aware only of food and drink - such is the bravery of the dog and boar. — Xun Kuang

Jesus never instructed men to do what was right because it was right; yet this is the true reason why they should do it. — Lysander Spooner

To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness. — Confucius

It cannot be said that the Constitution formed 'the people of the United States,' for all time, into a corporation. It does not speak of 'the people' as a corporation, but as individuals. A corporation does not describe itself as 'we,' nor as 'people,' nor as 'ourselves.' Nor does a corporation, in legal language, have any 'posterity.' — Lysander Spooner

Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly. — Diogenes

Friendship is one mind in two bodies. — Mencius

An honest man is always a child. — Socrates

Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies. — Friedrich Nietzsche

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.

The face is the soul of the body.

Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.

For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.

Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.

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