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The more man knows of man, the better for the common brotherhood among men.
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men judging world
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There are two modes of establishing our reputation; to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues.
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None of us are so much praised or censured as we think.
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thinking diversity different
Them which is of other naturs thinks different.
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I think it impossible, utterly impossible, for any Englishman to live here [in America], and be happy.
thinking pieces ships
and it was not until I began to think, that I began fully to know how wrecked I was, and how the ship in which I had sailed was gone to pieces.
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thinking advice
Get the advice of everybody whose advice is worth having - they are very few - and then do what you think best yourself. Charles Stewart Parnell