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All this class of pleasures inspires me with the same nausea as I feel at the sight of rich plum-cake or sweetmeats; I prefer the driest bread of common life.
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Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.
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A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.
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Correspondences are like small clothes before the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep them up.
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Heat, ma am! It was so dreadful here that I found there was nothing left for it but to take off my flesh and sit in my bones.
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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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The greatest difficulty with the world is not its ability to produce, but the unwillingness to share.
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The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.
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There's nineteen men livin' in my neighborhood, Eighteen of them are fools and the one ain't no doggone good.
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What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?
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When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new questions, then it is time to die.
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Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.
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'J'eet jet?' is still the standard way for a Pittsburgher to ask if you're ready for a meal, but the meal itself is no longer limited to chipped ham and an Iron City beer.
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A band is sort of like a star. It reaches a peak and burns out. To have five guys working in perfect harmony longer than a couple years is difficult.
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A best-seller is the golden touch of mediocre talent.
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A bestseller is the gilded tomb of a mediocre talent.
Afterthoughts -
A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.
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