Mankind is not a tribe of animals to which we owe compassion. Mankind is a club to which we owe our subscription.
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Among the Very Rich you will never find a really generous man, even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give themselves away they are egoistic, secretive, dry as old bones.
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A man who has faith must be prepared not only to be a martyr, but to be a fool.
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The road from heaven to Hereford Where the apple wood of Hereford Goes all the way to Wales.
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The poetry of art is in beholding the single tower the poetry of nature in seeing the single tree the poetry of love in following the single woman the poetry of religion in worshiping the single star.
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