It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
Robert Louis Stevenson
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- Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health.
- Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.
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