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From the dome of St. Peter's one can see every notable object in Rome... He can see a panorama that is varied, extensive, beautiful to the eye, and more illustrious in history than any other in Europe.

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If I had more time, I would have written less.

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Whose property is my body? Probably mine. I so regard it. If I experiment with it, who must be answerable? I, not the State. If I choose injudiciously, does the state die? Oh, no.

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What is there in Rome for me to see that others have not seen before me? What is there for me to touch that others have not touched? What is there for me to feel, to learn, to hear, to know, that shall thrill me before it pass to others? What can I discover?--Nothing. Nothing whatsoever. One charm of travel dies here.

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[Patriotism] ...is a word which always commemorates a robbery. There isn't a foot of land in the world which doesn't represent the ousting and re-ousting of a longline of successive "owners" who each in turn, as "patriots" with proud swelling hearts defended it against the next gang of "robbers" who came to steal it and did -- and became swelling-hearted patriots in their turn.

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Deep down in me I knowed it was a lie, and He knowed it. You can't pray a lie - I found that out.

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One holds a bottle of red wine by the neck, a woman by the waist, and a bottle of champagne by the derriere.

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What are the proper proportions of a maxim? A minimum of sound to a maximum of sense.

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Oh Death where is thy sting! It has none. But life has.

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If ever you've been down in the dumps, hear these iconic authors share with you more than their writing wisdom.

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I think the Cincinnati Enquirer must be edited by children.

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A "classic" is a book that everybody praises but nobody has read

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In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.

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As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake.

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I've come loaded with statistics, for I've noticed that a man can't prove anything without statistics. No man can.

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Tea is an affront to lunch and an insult to dinner.

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The thing for us to do is just to do our duty, and not worry about whether anybody sees us do it or not.

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Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog: Nobody really enjoys it, and the frog generally dies as a result.

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No one has ever seen a Republican mass meeting that was devoid of the perception of the ludicrous.

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It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. Overnight success is a fallacy. It is preceded by a great deal of preparation. Ask any successful person how they came to this point in their lives, and they will have a story to tell.

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