"Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom."
-Charles Caleb Colton
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"He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are.“
-Charles Caleb Colton
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"War kills men, and men deplore the loss but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies."
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"Your thoughts and emotions are yours alone."
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-Michael Chertoff
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"You are forever alone."
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