The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.

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I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

The education of a man is never completed until he dies.

The education of a man is never completed until he dies.

Let the tent be struck.

Let the tent be struck.

Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You

Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less.

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    The beginning of wisdom, as they say. When you're seventeen you know everything. When you're twenty-seven if you still know everything you're still seventeen.

    The beginning of wisdom, as they say. When you're seventeen you know everything. When you're twenty-seven, if you still know everything, you're still seventeen.

    Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way

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