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All things are artificial artificial, for nature is the art of God.

Perfection is not attainable,

but if we chase perfection

we can catch excellence.

Her absence is like the sky,

spread over everything.

The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to

hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time

and still retain the ability to function.

Repeal the Missouri Compromise

repeal all compromises repeal the Declaration of Independence

repeal all past history, you still cannot repeal human nature.

It will be the abundance of man's heart that

slavery extension is wrong; and out of the abundance of his heart,

his mouth will continue to speak.

The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears,

for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.

Discipline,

vigilance,

and perseverance are the keys to safety.

I don’t have a problem with aging;

I have a problem with stupidity.

Until we get equality in education,

we won’t have an equal society.

Men are what their mothers made them.

Reading, after a certain age,

diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits.

Any man who reads too much

and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

Change doesn’t happen from the top down;

it happens from the bottom up.

Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time

like dew on the tip of a leaf.

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

I'm not the one who made you cry;

your performance made me cry.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be

able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Character is higher than intellect.

A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

The moment a country stops improving,

it begins to decline.

Knowing is not enough,

we must apply.

Willing is not enough,

we must do.

Because parents have power over children.

They feel they have to do what their parents say.

But the love of money is the root of all evil.

And this is a sweet child.

And to see him turn like this,

this isn't him.

This is not him.