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If horses knew their strength we should not ride anymore.

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There is no character, howsoever good and fine, but it can be destroyed by ridicule, howsoever poor and witless.

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But it was ever thus, all through my life: whenever I have diverged from custom and principle and uttered a truth, the rule has been that the hearer hadn't strength of mind enough to believe it.

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Let us consider that we are all insane. It will explain us to each other. It will unriddle many riddles

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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

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All my life I have been honest-comparatively honest. I could never use money I had not made honestly-I could only lend it.

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I make it a rule never to smoke while I'm sleeping.

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Go and surprise the whole country by doing something right.

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Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial 'we.'

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One must keep one's character. Earn a character first if you can, and if you can't, then assume one.

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Adam did not want the apple for the apple's sake; he wanted it because it was forbidden.

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The blunting effects of slavery upon the slaveholder's moral perceptions are known and conceded the world over; and a priveleged class, an aristocracy, is but a band of slaveholders under another name.

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If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loudly. Do not compound mispronunciation with inaudibility

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You cannot have a theory without principles. Principles is another name for prejudices.

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We had an abundance of mangoes, papaias and bananas here, but the pride of the islands, the most delicious fruit known to men, cherimoya, was not in season. It has a soft pulp, like a pawpaw, and is eaten with a spoon.

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Consider the average intelligence of the common man, then realize 50% are even stupider.

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I have never taken any exercise, except sleeping and resting, and I never intend to take any. Exercise is loathsome. And it cannot be any benefit when you are tired; and I was always tired.

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Protestant parents still keep a Bible handy in the house, so that the children can study it, and one of the first things the little boys and girls learn is to be righteous and holy and not piss against the wall. They study those passages more than they study any others, except those which incite to masturbation. Those they hunt out and study in private.

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To believe yourself brave is to be brave; it is the one only essential thing.

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Never tell a lie-except for practice.

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