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The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased. ↗

— Alexander Hamilton

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Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn - exactly like its enemy, life. Thereby are life and flames so often compared. ↗

— Otto Weininger

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Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

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Love, it has been said, flows downward. The love of parents for their children has always been far more powerful than that of children for their parents; and who among the sons of men ever loved God with a thousandth part of the love which God has manifested to us? ↗

— Augustus Hare

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To Adam Paradise was home. To the good among his descendants home is paradise. ↗

— Augustus Hare

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Our constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. ↗

— John Marshall Harlan

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While few religious leaders and scholars would doubt the commonalities that exist among the various religious groups, the followers of these religions unfortunately struggle in their effort to peacefully coexist. ↗

— Alcee Hastings

#coexist #doubt #effort #exist #few

Joan's a dream to play - she's not always prancing around the office. There's that side to it, which is really fun, but there's nitty-gritty. She's what makes the workplace so fun - in a workplace that can be so dark and so much tension, Joan gives some levity. And the wonderful thing is she still has these darker moments among the fabulous highs. ↗

— Christina Hendricks

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In my experience, it is rarer to find a really happy person in a circle of millionaires than among vagabonds. ↗

— Thor Heyerdahl

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It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than among people living in the desert of the jungle and who by the standards set by our society would be considered destitute and out of touch. ↗

— Thor Heyerdahl

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