"Words are devils, which may lead a man to pick up a sword; but they can never teach him to use it."

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“A nation needs clear rules on what happens in the case of a disputed succession. Surely there’s a Queen’s Bedchamber Mace or someone who knows.”

“If he met resistance he threw men at it; if the obstacle was insurmountable he went around it; if the odds were hopeless he trusted in Jippir”

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“What harms no other is not sin.”

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— Laurie Lee

Literature1914–1997

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"Do not teach principles that you do not practice. Resolve any contradiction between your direct experience and the words of the wise. Only then may you teach those principles."

— Govinda Bhagavatpada

Philosophy

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— Gloria Estefan

Music1957

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"During the late contest for the Union, the air was full of 'nevers', every one of which was contradicted and put to shame by the result, and I doubt not that most of those we now hear in our troubled …"

— Frederick Douglass

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