Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

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In creating, the only hard thing is to begin a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.

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In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.

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Children are God's Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope, and peace.

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Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found.

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It is the privilege of genius that life never grows common place, as it does for the rest of us.

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The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere.

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Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto truth and light.

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It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of the intelligence.

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A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at once, if love give a man eyes.

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