I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
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“Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.”

Jane Austen
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Surprizes are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
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“A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of. It certainly may secure all the myrtle and turkey part of it.”

Jane Austen
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We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was “legal” and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was “illegal.”

Martin Luther King, Jr.
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“Wait” has almost always meant “Never.”

Martin Luther King, Jr.
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O tempora! O mores!

Cicero
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Who benefits?

Cicero
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What is more agreeable than one’s home?

Cicero
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