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A great man does not seek applause or place; he seeks for truth; he seeks the road to happiness, and what he ascertains, he gives to others.

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There is a quiet about the life of a farmer, and the hope of a serene old age, that no other business or profession can promise.

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Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.

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Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.

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I regard the rights of men and women equal. In Love's fair realm, husband and wife are king and queen, sceptered and crowned alike, and seated on the self-same throne.

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A good character, like a Gibraltar, will stand against the testimony of all the rascals in the universe, no matter how they assail it. It will stand, and it will stand firmer and grander the more it is assaulted.

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Every religion in the world has denounced every other religion as a fraud. That proves to me that they all tell the truth - about others.

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Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.

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What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.

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Perjury is the basest and meanest and most cowardly of crimes. What can it do? Perjury can change the common air that we breathe into the axe of an executioner.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Lawyer

Born: August 11th, 1833

Died: July 21st, 1899

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