"[F]riends praise your abilities to the skies, submit to you in argument, and seem to have the greatest deference for you; but, though they may ask it, you never find them following your advice upon their own affairs; nor allowing you to manage your own."

-- William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

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“The observations and experiments of science are so wonderful that the truth that they establish can surely be accepted as another manifestation of God. God shows himself by allowing man to establish truth.”
“how absurd human beings are and how magnificent.”
“We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.”
“It is Martin King who taught that a real moral struggle seeks to win partners, not to leave victims.”
“Jealousy in romance is like salt in food. A little can enhance the savor, but too much can spoil the pleasure and, under certain circumstances, can be life-threatening.”
“Your cadence is your music.”
“Most Americans probably aren't aware that there was a time in this country when tanks and cavalry were massed on Pennsylvania Avenue to chase away the unemployed.”
“We cannot insure success, but we can deserve it.”

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