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O freedom, first delight of human kind!


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Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.



Self-defense is Nature's eldest law.

Self-defense is Nature's eldest law.



…So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall live, the living die, And Music shall untune the sky

…So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall live, the living die, And Music shall untune the sky



He with a graceful pride, While his rider every hand survey'd, Sprung loose, and flew into an escapade; Not moving forward, yet with every bound Pressing, and seeming still to quit his ground.

He with a graceful pride, While his rider every hand survey'd, Sprung loose, and flew into an escapade; Not moving forward, yet with every bound Pressing, and seeming still to quit his ground.



When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell.

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell.



Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.



Dead men tell no tales.

Dead men tell no tales.



Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.



The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.

The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.



Fortune befriends the bold.

Fortune befriends the bold.





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It's a long time until the next election, but it starts now. And if you truly want to see things change in the direction that our country is headed, you have to stay involved. You cannot quit now.

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When the public starts classifying you as thoughtful, someone given to serious issues, you find yourself declassified as a humorist.

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Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.

Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.



Journalists were killed because they defended freedom. Policemen were killed because they were protecting you. Jews were killed because they were Jewish.

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This is how you hold onto your family. You hold them with open hands so they are free to find futures of their own. It's just that simple.

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One who has an inferiority complex can never be really humble, but can only have false modesty or false humility.

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My comedy is not mine. It's a gift. I'm not that smart.

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