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We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove. We have two opinions: one private, which we are afraid to express; and another one - the one we use - which we force ourselves to wear to please Mrs. Grundy, until habit makes us comfortable in it, and the custom of defending it presently makes us love it, adore it, and forget how pitifully we came by it. Look at it in politics.

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A woman springs a sudden reproach upon you which provokes a hot retort, and then she will presently ask you to apologize.

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One learns peoples through the heart, not the eyes or the intellect.

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By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.

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All gods are better than their reputation.

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Switzerland is simply a large, lumpy, solid rock with a thin skin of grass stretched over it.

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What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before.

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We are always too busy for our children; we never give them the time or interest they deserve. We lavish gifts upon them; but the most precious gift, our personal association, which means so much to them, we give grudgingly.

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The human race was always interesting and we know by its past that it will always continue so, monotonously.

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Don't wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.

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You may have noticed that the less I know about a subject the more confidence I have, and the more new light I throw on it.

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Optimist: Person who travels on nothing from nowhere to happiness.

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When your opinions start to coincide with those of the majority, it is time to reconsider your opinions.

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Honesty: The best of all the lost arts.

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Wine is a clog to the pen, not an inspiration.

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I wish to become rich, so that I can instruct the people and glorify honest poverty a little, like those kind hearted, fat, benevolent people do.

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There is nothing so annoying as a good example!!

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I cannot help but notice that there is no problem between us that cannot be solved by your departure.

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There is nothing in the world like persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus.

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It is easy to make plans in this world; even a cat can do it; and when one is out in those remote oceans it is noticeable that a cat's plans and a man's are worth about the same. There is much the same shrinkage in both, in the matter of values.

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