"In politics nothing is so absurd as rancor."

-- Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour

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“A balanced education consists of knowledge in the mind, honesty in the heart, and strength in the body ... a true human being is an educator not by words alone but by being an example.”
“Put the kids in with a few old pappy guys who still like to win and the combination is unbeatable.”
“She was working to remind herself of who she was. She was working to remember that somewhere in another place entirely she was known and loved.”
“I write a lot, and then forget what I've written, and then come back to it and say, "Not bad, I should do something with this!"”

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“And just as there are no crimes so detestable that they can prevent the gift of grace, so too there can be no works so eminent that they are owed in condign [deserved] judgment that which is given freely. Would it not be a debasement of redemption in Christâ€™s blood, and would not Godâ€™s mercy be made secondary to human works, if justification, which is through grace, were owed in view of preceding merits, so that it were not the gift of a Donor, but the wages of a laborer?”
“We remain in the Romantic cycle initiated by Rousseau: liberal idealism canceled by violence, barbarism, disillusionment and cynicism.”
“To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. Anger is only one letter short of danger. If someone betrays you once, it is his fault; if he betrays you twice, it is your fault. Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. He who loses money, loses much; he who loses a friend, loses much more; he who loses faith, loses all.”
“[On newspapers:] A first draft of history.”

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