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By common consent of all the nations and all the ages the most valuable thing in this world is the homage of men, whether deserved or undeserved.

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It is not a new thing for a thoroughly good and well-meaning preacher´s soft heart to run away with his soft head.

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A German joke is no laughing matter.

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The reason why truth is so much stranger than fiction is that there is no requirement for it to be consistent.

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Great enterprises usually promise vastly more than they perform.

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The exercise of an extraordinary gift is the supremest pleasure in life.

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There is no character, howsoever good and fine, but it can be destroyed by ridicule, howsoever poor and witless. Observe the ass, for instance: his character is about perfect, he is the choicest spirit among all the humbler animals, yet see what ridicule has brought him to. Instead of feeling complimented when we are called an ass, we are left in doubt.

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Of course, no man is entirely in his right mind at any time.

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whenever the literary german dives into a sentence, this is the last you are going to see of him till he emerges on the other side of his atlantic with his verb in his mouth.

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The Public is merely a multiplied 'me.'

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If to be interesting is to be uncommonplace, it is becoming a question, with me, if there are any commonplace people

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A discriminating irreverence is the creator and protector of human liberty.

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A big leather-bound volume makes an ideal razorstrap. A thing book is useful to stick under a table with a broken caster to steady it. A large, flat atlas can be used to cover a window with a broken pane. And a thick, old-fashioned heavy book with a clasp is the finest thing in the world to throw at a noisy cat.

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Dying man couldn't make up his mind which place to go to-both have their advantages, heaven for the climate, hell for the company!

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One of life's most over-valued pleasures is sexual intercourse; of one of life's least appreciated pleasures in defecation.

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The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to clearly and logically perceive what it is you really want to say.

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To do right is wonderful. To teach others to do right is even more wonderful--and much easier.

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I am always on the side of the revolutionists, because there never was a revolution unless there were some oppressive and intolerable conditions against which to revolute.

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If you tell the truth you do not need a good memory!

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A banker is somebody who lends you an umbrella & takes it away as soon as it starts raining.

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