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Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult.

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Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.

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For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
the saddest are these, "It might have been!"

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Advice is like snow -- the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper in sinks into the mind.

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Indecision is like a stepchild: if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water.

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A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.

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That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

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Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.

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One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

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You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence.

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