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Dogs may have kept us company on the hunt, but it was the cats who insisted we invent houses and discover fire.

— Trần Thiện Khiêm

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The war divided our country, but the hope for reunification must never disappear. — Taken from a public statement issued after the end of the war.

Peace does not come without sacrifice. The determination of our people is what allowed us to fight until the end. — Heard in one of his historical interviews.

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A dog cannot relate his autobiography; however eloquently he may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were honest but poor.

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Histories are more full of Examples of the Fidelity of dogs than of Friends.

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True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power.

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