If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain.
We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.
Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.
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I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."