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Everything human is pathetic

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One holds a bottle of red wine by the neck, a woman by the waist, and a bottle of champagne by the derriere.

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Each nation knowing it has the only true religion and the only sane system of government, each despising all the others, each an ass and not suspecting it.

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Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.

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All men have heard of the Mormon Bible, but few except the "elect" have seen it, or, at least, taken the trouble to read it. I brought away a copy from Salt Lake. The book is a curiosity to me, it is such a pretentious affair, and yet so "slow," so sleepy; such an insipid mess of inspiration. It is chloroform in print. If Joseph Smith composed this book, the act was a miracle — keeping awake while he did it was, at any rate.

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Is a person's public and private opinion the same? It is thought there have been instances.

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Shut the door not that it lets in the cold but that it lets out the coziness.

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It has taken a weary long time to persuade American Presbyterians to give up infant damnation and try to bear it the best they can.

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Medicine has made all its progress during the past fifty years. ... How many operations that are now in use were known fifty years ago?-they were not operations, they were executions.

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I could be an idiot, or I can serve in Congress, but I repeat myself.

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To be great, truly great, you have to be the kind of person who makes the others around you great.

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The Christian's Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice changes.

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Books are the liberated spirits of men.

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The government is merely a servant―merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn't. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them.

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Not until you become a stranger to yourself will you be able to make acquaintance with the Friend.

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My axiom is, to succeed in business: avoid my example.

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[Do you worry unnecessarily about the future? Remember most fears are just False Evidence Appearing Real. Don't let unfounded fears rob you of the joys of life or you too will say...] There has been much tragedy in my life; [and] at least half of it actually happened.

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I don't know of a single foreign product that enters this country untaxed, except the answer to prayer.

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It is a pity we can't escape from life when we are young.

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I wish I could make him understand that a loving good heart is riches enough, and that without it intellect is poverty.

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