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The banging and slamming and booming and crashing were something beyond belief. [On Lohengrin]

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A little more kindness, A little less speed, A little more giving, A little less greed, A little more smile, A little less frown, A little less kicking, A man while he's down, A little more "We", A little less "I", A little more laugh, A little less cry, A little more flowers, On the pathway of life, And fewer on graves, At the end of the strife.

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It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.

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We often feel sad in the presence of music without words; and often more than that in the presence of music without music.

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Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough.

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Sometimes my feelings are so hot that I have to take the pen and put them out on paper to keep them from setting me afire inside; then all that ink and labor are wasted because I can't print the results

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A healthy and wholesome cheerfulness is not necessarily impossible to any occupation.

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How stunning are the changes which age makes in a man while he sleeps!

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You may say organize, organize, organize; but there may be so much organization that it will interfere with the work to be done.

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Temper is what gets most of us into trouble. Pride is what keeps us there.

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

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The soul and substance of what customarily ranks as patriotism is moral cowardice -- and always has been.

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

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It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.

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A pessimist is a well-informed optimist.

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You see, he knew his own laws just as other people so often know the laws: by words, not by effects. They take a meaning, and get to be very vivid, when you come to apply them to yourself.

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Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.

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Use the right word, not its second cousin.

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The only difference between reality and fiction is that fiction needs to be credible.

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Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.

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