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I was born modest, but it didn't last.

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Of the 417 commandments, only a single one of the 417 has found ministerial obedience; multiply and replenish the earth. To it sinner & saint, scholar & ignoramus, Christian & savage are alike loyal.

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If God had meant for us to be naked, we'd have been born that way.

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Indeed, none but the Deity can tell what is good luck and what is bad before the returns are all in.

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Kindness is a language herd by deaf men and felt by blind men.

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To eat is human, to digest, divine

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I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.

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There is no character, howsoever good and fine, but it can be destroyed by ridicule, howsoever poor and witless.

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The report of my illness grew out of his (James Clemens) illness. The report of my death was an exaggeration.

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Gold in its native state is but dull, unornamental stuff, and only lowborn metals excite the admiration of the ignorant with an ostentatious glitter. However, like the rest of the world, I still go on underrating men of gold and glorifying men of mica.

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A dollar picked up in the road is more satisfaction to you than the ninety-and -nine which you had to work for, and money won at faro or in stock snuggles into your heart in the same way.

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There are too many stars in some places and not enough in others.

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If the bubble reputation can be obtained only at the cannon's mouth, I am willing to go there for it, provided the cannon is empty.

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If you're looking for friends when you need them...it's too late.

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I have spent most of my time worrying about things that have never happened. Worrying is not an action! In fact, it is action that alleviates concern and dissipates worries. Take more actions when you feel that worry is creeping in to steal your time. It need not be a huge action, any action in the direction you want to go will do.

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Weather is a literary specialty, and no untrained hand can turn out a good article on it

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Adam did not want the apple for the apple's sake; he wanted it because it was forbidden.

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Our best built certainties are but sand-houses and subject to damage from any wind of doubt that blows

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To be busy is man's only happiness.

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What a lie it is to call this a free country, where none but the unworthy and undeserving may swear.

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