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He uses his folly like a stalking-horse, and under the presentation of that he shoots his wit.
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions.
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He who never leaves his country is full of prejudices
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He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young.
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His absent-minded scientist, Dr. Strabismus (whom God Preserve) of Utrecht, had to his credit a list of inventions that included 'a leather grape', 'a revolving wheelbarrow', 'a hollow glass walking stick for keeping very small flannel shirts in...
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His enemies might have said before that he talked rather too much; but now he has occasional flashes of silence, that make his conversation perfectly delightful.
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How a sickness enlarges the dimensions of a man's self to himself! He is his own exclusive object. Supreme selfishness is inculcated in him as his only duty,
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How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
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I am consumed with the fear of failing. Reaching deep down and finding confidence has made all my dreams come true.
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I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for neither of these weaken the enemy, but threats make him more cautious, and the other excites his hatred, and a desire to revenge himself.
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I followed his argument with the blank uneasiness which one might feel in the presence of a logical lunatic.
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I have never known a man who was sensual in his youth, who was high-minded when old.
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I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it. The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.
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I want someone to laugh with me, someone to be grave with me, someone to please me and help my discrimination with his or her own remark, and at times, no doubt, to admire my acuteness and penetration.
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If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
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If a man needs an elaborate tombstone in order to remain in the memory of his country, it is clear that his living at all was an act of absolute superfluity.
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If God gave the soul his whole creation she would not be filled thereby but only with himself.
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If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.
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