"Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!"

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" Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. "
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" No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency. "
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" Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time. "
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" The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name. "
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" Speak softly and carry a big stick. "
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" Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage. "
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" The fool who has not sense to discriminate between what is good and what is bad is well ni... "
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" Let individuals contribute as they desire; but let us prohibit in effective fashion all co... "
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" The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything. "
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" It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. "
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" Envy is as evil a thing as arrogance. "
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" A stream cannot rise larger than its source. "
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" When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present... "
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" War with evil; but show no spirit of malignity toward the man who may be responsible for t... "
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" This truth should be kept constantly in mind by every free people desiring to preserve the... "
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" The forces that tend for evil are great and terrible, but the forces of truth and love and... "
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" Our country offers the most wonderful example of democratic government on a giant scale th... "
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" I keep my good health by having a very bad temper, kept under good control. "
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" Avoid the base hypocrisy of condemning in one man what you pass over in silence when commi... "
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" When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all. "
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