God give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.

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Goodness armed with power is corrupted, and pure love without power is destroyed.

Goodness armed with power is corrupted, and pure love without power is destroyed.

Evil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior of humanity.

Evil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior of humanity.

Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.

If we survive danger, it steels our courage more than anything else.

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    Bizarre travel plans are dancing lessons from God.

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    Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.

    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.

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