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Don't tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish.

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What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce.

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There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.

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Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

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The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven.

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Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold.

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Going to law is losing a cow for the sake of a cat.

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The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

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Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.

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Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.

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Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

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I never let schooling interfere with my education.

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Loyalty to petrified opinion never broke a chain or freed a human soul.

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All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure.

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Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.

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One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.

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Drag your thoughts away from your troubles... by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it.

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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

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Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.

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All generalizations are false, including this one.

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