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There is this trouble about special providences namely, there is so often a doubt as to which party was intended to be the beneficiary. In the case of the children, the bears, and the prophet, the bears got more real satisfaction out of the episode than the prophet did, because they got the children.

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Seasickness: at first you are so sick you are afraid you will die, and then you are so sick you are afraid you won't die.

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A group of men in evening clothes looks like a flock of crows, and is just about as inspiring.

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The truth is a precious commodity. That's why I use it so sparingly.

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Travel is lethal to prejudice.

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I was a-trembling, because I'd got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it.

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Tight pants are just uncomfortable.

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You can go to heaven if you want. I'd rather stay in Bermuda.

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As for the dinosaur - But Noah's conscience was easy; it was not named in his cargo list and he and the boys were not aware that there was such a creature. He said he could not blame himself for not knowing about the dinosaur, because it was an American animal and America had not then been discovered.

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Let us save the tomorrows for work.

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God pours out love upon all with a lavish hand -- but He reserves vengeance for His very own.

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It was not that Adam ate the apple for the apple's sake, but because it was forbidden. It would have been better for us-oh infinitely better for us-if the serpent had been forbidden

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It is an important thing, in our never-ending pursuit of happiness, to stop and just be happy for a while.

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A man who chooses not to read is just as ignorant as a man who cannot read.

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A powerful agent is the right word: it lights the reader's way and makes it plain.

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Whatever thing men call great, look for it in Joan of Arc, and there you will find it.

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There are several kinds of stories, but only one difficult kind-the humorous.

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To avoid being drawn into error, keep a firm grip on the truth.

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In America-as elsewhere-free speech is confined to the dead.

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The real yellow peril: Gold.

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