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I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.

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If you would beseech a blessing upon yourself, beware! lest without intent you invoke a curse upon a neighbor at the same time.

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When an honest writer discovers an imposition it is his simple duty to strip it bare and hurl it down from its place of honor, no matter who suffers by it; any other course would render him unworthy of the public confidence.

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A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught.

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Never waste a lie; you never know when you may need it.

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A private should preserve a respectful attitude toward his superiors, and should seldom or never proceed so far as to offer suggestions to his general in the field. If the battle is not being conducted to suit him, it is better for him to resign. By the etiquette of war, it is permitted to none below the rank of newspaper correspondent to dictate to the general in the field.

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Public opinion is held in reverence. It settles everything. Some think it is the voice of God.

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He could charm an audience an hour on a stretch without ever getting rid of an idea.

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Learning softeneth the heart and breedeth gentleness and charity.

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A good lawyer knows the law; a clever one takes the judge to lunch.

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I never did a thing in all my life, virtuous or otherwise that I didn't repent of within twenty-four hours.

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Beautiful credit! The foundation of modern society.

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It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right

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The fear of lightning is one of the most distressing infirmities a human being can be afflicted with. It is mostly confined to women, but now and then you find it in a little dog, and sometimes a man.

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But they (the infantry) had no use for boys of twelve and thirteen, and before I had a chance in another war, the desire to kill people to whom I had not been introduced had passed away.

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A man can be a Christian or a patriot, but he can't legally be a Christian and a patriot - except in the usual way: one of the two with the mouth, the other with the heart.

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I smoke in moderation. Only one cigar at a time.

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Circumstance - which moves by laws of its own, regardless of parties and policies, and whose decrees are final and must be obeyed by all - and will be

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We could use up two Eternities in learning all that is to be learned about our own world and the thousands of nations that have arisen and flourished and vanished from it. Mathematics alone would occupy me eight million years.

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Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.

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