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jail quotes

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“We were closely pinched to bring our wants within our means; but the jail stood over the way, and I had a wholesome dread of the consequences of running in debt.” Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom
“the man is, as it were, clapped into jail by his consciousness.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance
“There are some bad people in the world, and the reason they’re not in jail is because they’ve learned how to hide it.” Nicholas Sparks, The Lucky One

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hiding want consciousness bad debt

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (1)
Frederick Douglass (1)
Nicholas Sparks (1)

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Self-Reliance (1)
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My Bondage and My Freedom (1)