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Only the actions of the just, Smell sweet and blossom in their dust.

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The honor is overpaid, When he that did the act is commentator.

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No errors of opinion can possibly be dangerous in a country where opinion is left free to grapple with them.

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Not in sorrow freely is never to open the bosom to the sweets of the sunshine.

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Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of it is fatal to the best talent.

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Tears are the natural penalties of pleasure. It is a law that we should pay for all that we enjoy.

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The only true source of politeness is consideration.

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Genius is the very eye of intellect and the wing of thought; it is always in advance of its time, and is the pioneer for the generation which it precedes.

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I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor.

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The true law of the race is progress and development. Whenever civilization pauses in the march of conquest, it is overthrown by the barbarian.

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Most men remember obligations, but are not often likely to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent.

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He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.

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The dread of criticism is the death of genius.

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You cannot keep doing the same things. According to the situation, your role changes in one-day cricket, especially in a phase like the Powerplay. If I bowl four spells, four times I will be playing a different role.

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Being a professional cricketer, you have to adapt to the conditions quickly. It takes time to get rhythm when you are constantly traveling from one country to another.

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A bowler is his own captain. I know what needs to be done, what the ball is doing. If you don't know where you are going to bowl and where you think the batsman will hit, then how can you tell the captain what you want? You are the judge.

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The saddest thing that befalls a soul is when it loses faith in God and woman.

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I go into my library and all history unrolls before me.

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If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.

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If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute, full of distinctive character, his egotism is precious, and remains a possession of the race.

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