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Tom said to himself that it was not such a hollow world, after all. He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it -- namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.

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A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.

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Senator: Person who makes laws in Washington when not doing time.

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There is nothing more awe-inspiring than a miracle except the credulity that can take it at par.

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Optimist: day-dreamer in his small clothes.

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It will take mind and memory months and possibly years to gather together the details, and thus learn and know the whole extent of the loss.

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The higher animals get their teeth without pain or inconvenience. Man gets his through months and months of cruel torture; he will never get a set which can really be depended on 'till a dentist makes him one.

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You should never trust a man who has only one way to spell a word.

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Man is the only creature who has a nasty mind.

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Our heroes are men who do things which we recognize, with regret, and sometimes with a secret shame, that we cannot do.

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Cats are the wildest of the tame and the tamest of the wild

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God was left out of the Constitution, but was furnished a front seat in this nations currency. ("In God we Trust") is a lie, this nations trust has always been with the dollar.

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As a boy, I once saw a cart of melons that sorely tempted me. I sneaked up to the cart and stole a melon. I went into the alley to devour it, but no sooner had I set my teeth into it, than I paused, a strange feeling coming over me. I came to a quick conclusion. Firmly, I walked up to that cart, replaced the melon - and took a ripe one.

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The law of work seems unfair, but nothing can change it; the more enjoyment you get out of your work, the more money you will make.

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One of the brightest gems in the New England weather is the dazzling uncertainty of it.

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He had only one vanity; he thought he could give advice better than any other person.

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Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was that they escaped teething.

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History never repeats itself; at best it sometimes rhymes.

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The most outrageous lies that can be invented will find believers if a person only tells them with all his might.

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I could forgive the boy, now, if he'd committed a million sins!

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