"A hero does for others. He would do anything for people he loves, because he knows it would make their lives better. I am not that kind of person, but I want you to be. You could give something to her, to me, to those children in the quarter. You could give something I never could ... The white people out there are saying you don't have it-that you're a hog, not a man. But I know they are wrong."

-- Ulysses S. Grant

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“You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.”

Source : The Walter Hagen Story ch. 32 (1956)
“Usually when you ask somebody in college why they are there, they'll tell you it's to get an education. The truth of it is, they are there to get the degree so that they can get ahead in the rat race. Too many college radicals are two-timing punks. The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.”
“if you are a stepparent, rush right out and get yourself a dog. Because it's very nice to have someone in the house that loves you.”
“I like to remember things my own way. How I remembered them, not necessarily the way they happened.”
“The mind, like any muscle, must be exercised.”
“Everyone knows they're going to die, but nobody believes it.”
“When the short days of winter came, dusk fell before we had well eaten our dinners. When we met in the street the houses had grown sombre. The space of sky above us was the colour of ever-changing violet and towards it the lamps of the street lifted their feeble lanterns. The cold air stung us and we played till our bodies glowed. Our shouts echoed in the silent street.”
“True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table; luckiest is he who knows just when to rise and go home.”

Source : Distichs no. 15 (1890)

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