Posterity! you will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in Heaven that I ever took half the pains to preserve it.
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She lied and cheated once, she will again. Your call to continue with... TREVON CLARK I don't think man and woman should be compared, You don't compare things that complete one another. FAITH N. Those who want to hear from you will let you hear from them. TREVON CLARK Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, ... FRANCIS BACON I see that my presence is burdensome to you. Painful as it was for me to become convinced of it, I s... LEO TOLSTOY Do the thing and you will have the power. RALPH WALDO EMERSON Seek out your bishop. He will show you how to repent and will help you do it. RICHARD G. SCOTT I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I know that when we die and it comes time for Go... MOTHER TERESA I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I don't know that when we die and it comes time ... MOTHER TERESA My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for c... THOMAS MERTON Lesbians will have babies, whether you like it or not. Why is it worse to preserve that child's rela... ANN ALTHOUSE You must be the person you have never had the courage to be. Gradually, you will discover that you a... PAULO COELHO I feel to invite women everywhere to rise to the great potential within you. I do not ask that you r... GORDON B. HINCKLEY If you've ever had anyone in your life who has been struggling with something, struggling with a... SARAH GADON You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape one day, and how ... JOHN GREEN I wonder where dreams go... You have that illusion in your head, in your heart. It lives through you... ESMERALDA MORALES And the day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the supreme being as his father in t... THOMAS JEFFERSON If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness. ALEXANDER SMITH If you wish to preserve your secret wrap it up in frankness. ALEXANDER SMITH No one keeps your happiness for you if you are not able to preserve it yourself. MARIANA FULGER You see that old woman? That will never happen to you. You will never grow old, and you will never d... ANNE RICE If you give me a typewriter and I'm having a good day, I can write a scene that will astonish it... ALAN MOORE Do you trust in your fellow citizens, in a sense that whatever they will have in additional tools th... ERWIN NEHER Will I have to use a dictionary to read your book?" asked Mrs. Dodypol. "It depends," says I, "how m... ALEXANDER THEROUX Fair warning, I intend to make good use of that time. I will be gentle, but I will not be a gentlema... A.G. HOWARD If it's what you do and you can do it, then you do it. VAN MORRISON If you think you can do it, you can. JOHN BURROUGHS It ain't bragging if you can do it. 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You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth,... JOHN GREEN Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia. You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, think... JOHN GREEN It is what it is, it is what you make it. JAMES DURBIN Do you even know,” she said, and I could tell from the sound of her voice that she was about to cr... ANN LECKIE Christ says, "Give me All. I don't want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much o... C.S. LEWIS I always loved you, Will, whatever you did. And now I need you to do for me what I cannot do for mys... CASSANDRA CLARE When a person places the proper value on freedom, there is nothing under the sun that he will not do... MALCOLM X Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present,... THOMAS MERTON Using assistive technology with your child prevents your child from missing out on content solely be... SANDRA K. COOK I know it. I know I shall make beastly mistakes, Father-" "The world does not forgive mistakes ... LIBBA BRAY I won't call my work entertainment. It's exploring. It's asking questions of people, con... JOHN CASSAVETES When you give, you will be blessed. When you give, it will be given back to you. CRAIG GROESCHEL I am I plus my surroundings and if I do not preserve the latter, I do not preserve myself. JOS I am I plus my surroundings and if I do not preserve the latter, I do not preserve myself. JOSE ORTEGA Y GASSET Once you know math really good, you will see things in a different light. It will help me financiall... LORETTA GILREATH Ellie, you need to understand," he said softly. "I exist only to serve you and fight by your side. W... COURTNEY ALLISON MOULTON Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of -- for credit is like fi... SOCRATES Question how much freedom your path affords you. Be utterly ruthless about it. It's your freedom... HUGH MACLEOD Have you ever gotten so sad that it actually feels GOOD to do something you know will make you even ... HILLARY FRANK Look to your right... It is the path back home. If you choose, you can take it. It is safe, easy, an... WESLEY CHU And yeah, I know most people would think it weird that two guy friends touch as much as we do, but w... PATRICK NESS If you encounter a set back while pursuing a target never loose heart.Take the challenge in your str... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Success is a Journey: so, don’t forget to pack your COURAGE: to face the obstacles heading your wa... PHILIP T. M. If you know the enemy and know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt; if you know Heaven an... SUN TZU Mediocrity scares me. It's the fear of not being as good as you want to be. If you give over to ... CHRIS PINE You do not know the Name of the Lord. You fool - you shall regret and repent in the end! You bury yo... SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB I will never not be poor, so what does it matter if I don't pay a thing and a half this week instead... LINDA TIRADO I will tell you what we shall do: if ever you need to rescue Catherine, or you Berkley, Maximus, I w... NAOMI NOVIK In a respectful relationship, each person understands, “I am responsible to know what is going on ... DANNY SILK The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be hap... BERTRAND RUSSELL The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be hap... BERTRAND RUSSEL The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be hap... BERTRAND RUSSELL This-our love for each other-was the most sacred of things my hearts had ever known. And I was willi... NELY CAB What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never ce... 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For freedom only deals the deadly blow;
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