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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.
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The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.
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Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.
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Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
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It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I would want, neither fine clothes, fine houses or fine furniture.
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Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
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They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
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There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.
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Marriage is the most natural state of man, and... the state in which you will find solid happiness.
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It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.
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A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.
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Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.
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The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
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