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friendship marriage recognized sort wedding
Marriage is a sort of friendship recognized by the police.
men friendly littles
Some men, like spaniels, will only fawn the more when repulsed, but will pay little heed to a friendly caress.
beautiful fought friend glad golden lived proved sang service shield smiled somebody sweet valiant
Somebody did a golden deed; Somebody proved a friend in need; Somebody sang a beautiful song; Somebody smiled the whole day long; Somebody thought, 'Tis sweet to live; Somebody said, I'm glad to give; Somebody fought a valiant fight; Somebody lived to shield the right; Was that somebody you?
becomes change difficult suffer
When it becomes more difficult to suffer than change -- then you will change.
length saying short time words yes
Yes and No are very short words to say, but we should think for some length of time before saying them.
further hands heights higher ordinary people perform push teams-and-teamwork towards
Working together, ordinary people can perform extraordinary feats. They can push things that come into their hands a little higher up, a little further on towards the heights of excellence.
fear gloomy stars witness
We fear not death. That gloomy night, that pale-faced moon, and the affrighted stars that hurried through the sky, can witness that we fear not death.
appealed ask ran voting
When he first ran for office, he appealed to the voters: ''I never stole anything in my life. All I ask is a chance.''
courage face strong
We are made strong by the difficulties we face not by those we evade.
caused fear form sustained worry
Worry: a sustained form of fear caused by indecision.
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Words convey the mental treasures of one period to the generations that follow; and laden with this, their precious freight, they sail safely across gulfs of time in which empires have suffered shipwreck and the languages of common life have sunk into oblivion.
gives preach virtues wealth
Wealth is what gives you the right to preach about the virtues of poverty.
asking becomes foolish questions stopped until
There are no foolish questions and no one becomes a fool until they have stopped asking questions.
number winners-and-winning
The only way to be number one is to be number one.