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There is an insolence which none but those who themselves deserve contempt can bestow, and those only who deserve no contempt can bear.


Henry Fielding

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HENRY CLAY There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.
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HENRY MILLER We do not talk - we bludgeon one another with facts and theories gleaned from cursory readings of ne...
HENRY MILLER It is true I had been successful on a small scale in overcoming one of the main difficulties in the ...
HENRY BESSEMER The people who influence you are the people who believe in you.
HENRY DRUMMOND