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I have noticed that when chickens quit quarreling over their food they often find that there is enough for all of them i wonder if it might not be the same with the human race

— Don Marquis

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If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make them think, they'll hate you.

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A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage the country.

The best good that you can possibly achieve is not good enough if you have to strain yourself all the time to reach it.

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Do the best you can, without straining yourself too much and too continuously, and leave the rest to God.

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