Quote #28
Desperate affairs require desperate measures.
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- Thank God, I have done my duty.
- I cannot command winds and weather.
- Kiss me, Hardy
- I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.
- It is nonsense, Mr. Burke, to suppose I can live. My sufferings are great but they will soon be over.
- I have always been a quarter of an hour before my time and it has made a man of me.