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The country is the real thing, the substantial thing, the eternal thing, it is the thing to watch over and care for and be loyal to; institutions are extraneous. . . .

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My books are like water; those of the great geniuses are wine. (Fortunately) everybody drinks water.

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It was a place of sin, loose women, whiskey and gambling. It was no place for a good Presbyterian, and I did not long remain one.

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All gods are better than their reputation.

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New Year's is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody save as a scapegoat for promiscuous drunks, and friendly calls and humbug resolutions.

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When there was room on the ledge outside of the pots and boxes for a cat, the cat was there- in sunny weather- stretched at full length, asleep and blissful, with her furry belly to the sun and a paw curved over her nose.

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One day man by the slow processes of evolution shall develop into something really fine and high - some billions of years hence, say.

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The southerner talks music.

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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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Some authorities hold that the young ought not to lie at all. That, of course, is putting it rather stronger than necessary; still, while I cannot go quite so far as that, I do maintain, and I believe I am right, that the young ought to be temperate in the use of this great art until practice and experience shall give them that confidence, elegance and precision which alone can make the accomplishment graceful and profitable.

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Each man is afraid of his neighbor's disapproval - a thing which, to the general run of the human race, is more dreaded than wolves and death.

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The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession.

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That optimist of yours is always ready to turn hell's backyard into a play-ground.

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He gossips habitually; he lacks the common wisdom to keep still that deadly enemy of man, his own tongue.

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When I'm playful I use the meridians of longitude and parallels of latitude for a seine, and drag the Atlantic Ocean for whales. I scratch my head with the lightning and purr myself to sleep with the thunder.

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If you have nothing to say, say nothing.

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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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That which was hard to endure is sweet to remember.

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Tell me about a person's family, friends, and community, and I'll tell you what his opinions are.

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There are some books that refuse to be written. They stand their ground year after year and will not be persuaded. It isn't because the book is not there and worth being written -- it is only because the right form of the story does not present itself. There is only one right form for a story and if you fail to find that form the story will not tell itself.

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