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That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love. ”
Life as we know it, with all its ups and downs, will soon be over. We all will give an accounting to God of how we have lived. ”
I think experience has shown that privateers have done more toward distressing the trade of our enemies, and furnishing these States with necessaries, than Continental Ships of the same force. ”
Fundamental ideas are not a consequence of experience, but a result of the particular constitution and activity of the mind, which is independent of all experience in its origin, though constantly combined with experience in its exercise. ”
Managing people's sex lives is something that I don't think is a good role for government. ”
To Edward, I cannot be a traitor, for I owe him no allegiance; he is not my sovereign; he never received my homage; and whilst life is in this persecuted body, he shall never receive it. ”
Every man dies. Not every man really lives. ”
The great increase in longevity has produced a surge in the desire to accumulate assets for retirement. It has outpaced the ability of the private sector to produce assets, so we need a larger government debt. ”
Disenchantment, whether it is a minor disappointment or a major shock, is the signal that things are moving into transition in our lives. ”
The whole Disney thing is really interesting, in a way, how that's so permeated life and the world and the planet. ”