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Thomas Draxe
Thomas Draxe quotes
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“The sanctified body is one whose hands are clean. The stain of dishonesty is not on them, the withering blight of ill-gotten gain has not blistered them, the mark of violence is not found upon them. They have been separated from every occupation that could displease God or injure a fellow-man.”
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“No one man is superior to the game.”
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“The soul of the slave, the soul of the "little man," is as dear to me as the soul of the great.”
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“This only grant me, that my means may lie, too low for envy, for contempt to high.”
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“We should keep a careful diary of our moments of envy: they are our covert guides to what we should try to do next.”
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“Human nature is not nearly as bad as it has been thought to be.”
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“I'm naturally an optimist, but my basis for hope is rooted in my understanding of human nature.”
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“These are not vague inferences . . . but they are solid conclusions drawn from the natural and necessary progress of human affairs.”
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“That experience is the parent of wisdom is an adage the truth of which is recognized by the wisest as well as the simplest of mankind.”
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“Happy will it be for ourselves, and most honorable for human nature, if we have wisdom and virtue enough to set so glorious an example to mankind!”
