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I was born with Halley's Comet and I expect to die upon its return

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I'm glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do it again.

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But old fools is the biggest fools there is.

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But the elastic heart of youth cannot be compressed into one constrained shape long at a time.

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History teaches us that whenever a weak and ignorant people possess a thing which a strong and enlightened people want, it must be yielded up peaceably.

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The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn't it be?--it is the same the angels breathe.

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Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks.

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Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it.

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The proverb says, "Born lucky, always lucky," and I am very superstitious. As a small boy I was notoriously lucky. It was usual for one or two of our lads (per annum) to get drowned in the Mississippi or in Bear Creek, but I was pulled out in a 2/3 drowned condition 9 times before I learned to swim, and was considered to be a cat in disguise.

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The political and commercial morals of the United States are not merely food for laughter, they are an entire banquet.

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It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.

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I wonder if God created man because He was disappointed with the monkey.

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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. So many look to eradicate fear from their lives, when that is an impossible task. You can certainly experience moments in absence of fear, however accept that fear will be with you whenever you are in the process of living creatively. The challenge is to go ahead regardless, simply notice the feeling and manage being courageous.

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The joy of killing! the joy of seeing killing done - these are traits of the human race at large.

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True irreverence is disrespect for another man's god.

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If we were meant to talk more than listen, we would have two mouths and one ear.

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We need not worry so much about what man descends from; it's what he descends to that shames the human race.

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Taking the pledge will not make bad liquor good, but it will improve it.

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Too much is just enough.

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Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.

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