Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.

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And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they have no graves as yet.

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When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.

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If you do not understand a man you cannot crush him. And if you do understand him, very probably you will not.

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Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men.

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Journalism largely consists of saying ""Lord Jones is Dead"" to people who never knew that Lord Jones was alive.

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The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.

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Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.

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We call a man a bigot or a slave of dogma because he is a thinker who has thought thoroughly and to a definite end.

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When we really worship anything, we love not only its clearness but its obscurity. We exult in its very invisibility.

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