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Man has an incurable habit of not fulfilling the prophecies of his fellow men. ↗

— Alistair Cooke

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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains. ↗

— Democritus

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Institutions - government, churches, industries, and the like - have properly no other function than to contribute to human freedom; and in so far as they fail, on the whole, to perform this function, they are wrong and need reconstruction. ↗

— Charles Horton Cooley

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Between richer and poorer classes in a free country a mutually respecting antagonism is much healthier than pity on the one hand and dependence on the other, as is, perhaps, the next best thing to fraternal feeling. ↗

— Charles Horton Cooley

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Good parties create a temporary youthfulness. ↗

— Mason Cooley

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Young men preen. Old men scheme. ↗

— Mason Cooley

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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

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Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of face within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

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I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

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If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

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