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“A man that does not love praise is not a full man.”
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“If a favour is asked of you, grant it if you can. If not, refuse it in such a manner as that one denial may be sufficient.”
Source : James Burgh (1767). “The Dignity of Human Nature: Or, A Brief Account of the Certain and Established Means for Attaining the True End of Our Existence. In Four Books ...”, p.38
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“A small speckled visitor Wearing a crimson cape Brighter than a cherry Smaller than a grape A polka-dotted someone Walking on my wall A black-hooded lady In a scarlet shawl.”
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“We all understand that the debasement of a nations coinage is very pernicious and must prove disastrous to its commerce. How much more dangerous is the debasement of the spiritual coinage!”
Source : "Christian Missions: A Triangular Debate, Before the Nineteenth Century Club of New York". The Monist Magazine, Volume 5, 1895.
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“From a moral point of view, there is no excuse for terrorist acts, regardless of the motive or the situation under which they are carried out.”
Source : "Philosophy in a Time of Terror: Dialogues with Jurgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida". Book by Giovanni Borradori, June 15, 2003.
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“The interior joy we feel when we have done a good deed is the nourishment the soul requires.”
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“I want to die on my own terms.”
Source : "My right to death with dignity at 29" by Brittany Maynard, www.cnn.com. November 2, 2014.
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“We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves.”