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Is it justice to make evil and then punish for it?

— James Fenimore Cooper The Last of the Mohicans (1826)

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Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind, and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality that belongs equally to the honest man and to the gentleman.

It is better for a man to die at peace with himself than to live haunted by an evil conscience.

The Last of the Mohicans (1826)

When the white man dies, he thinks he is at peace; but the red-men know how to torture even the ghosts of their enemies.

The Last of the Mohicans (1826)

History, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness.

The Last of the Mohicans (1826)

Every trail has its end, and every calamity brings its lesson!

The Last of the Mohicans (1826)

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