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Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain

Though a quarrel in the streets is a thing to be hated, the energies displayed in it are fine; the commonest man shows a grace in his quarrel

There is not a fiercer hell than the failure in a great object

The grave is still the best shelter against the storms of destiny

Opposition: In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing it.

The only way you can beat the lawyers is to die with nothing