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I am told that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it.

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I wish life was not so short, he thought. languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.

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It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.

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It's the job that's never started takes longest to finish.

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Go not to the elves for counsel, for they will say both yes and no.

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Man - a creature made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.

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Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.

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

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The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

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Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.

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When in doubt tell the truth.

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Golf is a good walk spoiled.

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The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.

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Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied.

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All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

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Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial "we."

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Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.

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Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

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