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To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man's character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours.

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In truth I care little about any party's politicsthe man behind it is the important thing.

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The average American's simplest and commonest form of breakfast consists of coffee and beefsteak.

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Simple rules for saving money: To save half, when you are fired by an eager impulse to contribute to a charity, wait and count to forty. To save three quarters, count sixty. To save all, count sixty-five.

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Golden rule: Made of hard metal so it could stand severe wear, it not being known at that time that butter would answer.

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The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

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Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others.

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Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

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It is curious and interesting to notice what an attraction a fussy, mincing, nickel-plated word has for you.

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This morning arrives a letter from my ancient silver-mining comrade, Calvin H. Higbie, a man whom I have not seen nor had communication with for forty-four years. . . . [Footnote: Roughing It is dedicated to Higbie.] . . . I shall allow myself the privilege of copying his punctuation and his spelling, for to me they are a part of the man. He is as honest as the day is long. He is utterly simple-minded and straightforward, and his spelling and his punctuation are as simple and honest as he is himself. He makes no apology for them, and no apology is needed.

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I've never let my school interfere with my education.

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Wilson stopped and stood silent. Inattention dies a quick and sure death when a speaker does that.

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We chase phantoms half the days of our lives. It is well if we learn wisdom even then, and save the other half.

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Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.

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We are all beggars, each in his own way.

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At noon I observed a bevy of nude young native women bathing in the sea, and I went and sat down on their clothes to keep them from being stolen.

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I have at last, after several months' experience, made up my mind that [New York] is a splendid desert--a domed and steepled solitude, where the stranger is lonely in the midst of a million of his race.

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There is nothing like instances to grow hair on a bald-headed argument.

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The equator was wisely put where it is, because if it had been run through Europe all the kings would have tried to grab it.

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It is a good idea to obey all the rules when you're young just so you'll have the strength to break them when you're old.

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