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No one is willing to acknowledge a fault in himself when a more agreeable motive can be found for the estrangement of his acquaintances.

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I could never learn to like her, except on a raft at sea with no other provisions in sight.

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Was it my conspicuousness that distressed me? Not at all. It was merely that I was not beautifully conspicuous but uglily conspicuous - it makes all the difference in the world.

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More than once I have been humiliated by my resemblance to God the father; He is always longing for the love of His children and trying to get it on the cheapest and laziest terms He can invent.

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Half of the results of a good intentions are evil; half the results of an evil intention are good.

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I think I can say, and say with pride, that we have some legislatures that bring higher prices than any in the world.

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A Christian's first duty is to God. It then follows, as a matter of course, that it is his duty to carry his Christian code to the polls and vote them... If Christians should vote their duty to God at the polls, they would carry every election, and do it with ease... it would bring about a moral revolution that would be incalculably beneficent. It would save the country.

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There is no salvation for us but to adopt Civilization and lift ourselves down to its level.

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By common consent of all the nations and all the ages the most valuable thing in this world is the homage of men, whether deserved or undeserved.

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Don't just sit there and worry. Be proactive. Do something - anything - about what's worrying you so you can gain information, focus and control over the situation. I've suffered a great many catastrophes in my life. Most of them never happened.

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To one in sympathy with nature, each season, in its turn, seems the loveliest.

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

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Every man is a moon; he has a side no one sees.

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One of life's most over-valued pleasures is sexual intercourse; of one of life's least appreciated pleasures in defecation.

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I never can think of Judas Iscariot without losing my temper. To my mind Judas Iscariot was nothing but a low, mean, premature, Congressman.

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Happiness ain't a thing in itself - it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant.

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Two days overdue, THE WORLD'S WORK has not reached me. Pray make a note of this. I would rather not have to resort to violence.

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When we do not know a person - and also when we do - we have to judge his size by the size and nature of his achievements, as compared with the achievements of others in his special line of business - there is no other way.

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It was the schoolboy who said, ""Faith is believing what you know ain't so.""

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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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