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«Those prizes in Cracker Jacks are a joke. I once got a magnifying glass. It was so poorly made, ants were laughing at it.»
«She likes herself, yet others hates, For that which in herself she prizes; And while she laughs at them, forgets She is the thing that she despises»
«The profession of a prostitute is the only career in which the maximum income is paid to the newest apprentice. It is the one calling in which at the beginning the only exertion is that of self-indulgence; all the prizes are at the commencement. It is the ever-new embodiment of the old fable of the sale of the soul to the Devil. The tempter offers wealth, comfort, excitement, but in return the victim must sell her soul, nor does the other party forget to exact his due to the uttermost farthing.»
Author: William Booth
(Spiritual leader)
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«The prizes go to those who meet emergencies successfully. And the way to meet emergencies is to do each daily task the best we can.»
«Whoever prizes the golden mean.»
«The distinctions of society vanish before the light of these truths. I attach myself to the multitude, not because they are voters and have political power; but because they are (human), and have within their reach the most glorious prizes of humanity. . . . Self-culture, the care which every (person) owes to (oneself), to the unfolding . . . of (one's) nature. . . .»
Author: William Ellery Channing
(Author, Clergyman)
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