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An inglorious peace is better than a dishonorable war.

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Plain question and plain answer make the shortest road out of most perplexities.

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Persons who think there is no such thing as luck good or bad are entitled to their opinion, although I think they ought to be shot for it.

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Good judgement is the result of experience and experience the result of bad judgement.

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I think the Cincinnati Enquirer must be edited by children.

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Preachers are always pleasant company when they are off duty.

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If you want me to give you a two-hour presentation, I am ready today. If you want only a five-minute speech, it will take me two weeks to prepare.

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God has put something noble and good into every heart His hand created.

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Ours is the "land of the free"-nobody denies that-nobody challenges it. (Maybe it is because we won't let other people testify.)

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Foreigners cannot enjoy our food, I suppose, any more than we can enjoy theirs. It is not strange; for tastes are made, not born. I might glorify my bill of fare until I was tired; but after all, the Scotchman would shake his head and say, 'Where's your haggis?' and the Fijan would sigh and say, 'Where's your missionary?'

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Like most people, I often feel mean, and act accordingly.

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I could never learn to like her, except on a raft at sea with no other provisions in sight.

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It may be called the Master Passion, the hunger for self-approval.

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It is a mistake that there is no bath that will cure people's manners, but drowning would help.

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When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.

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There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when he can.

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I wonder how much it would take to buy a soap bubble, if there were only one in the world.

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Be virtuous and you will be eccentric.

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I have seen an entire family lifted out of poverty and into affluence by the simple boon of a broken leg. I have had people come to me on crutches, with tears in their eyes, to bless this beneficient institution. In all my experiences of life, I have seen nothing so seraphic as the look that comes into a freshly mutilated man's face when he feels in his vest pocket with his remaining hand and finds his accident ticket all right.

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They say that you can't live by bread alone, but I can live on compliments.

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