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The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner.

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Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed down-stairs one step at a time.

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Irrevence is another person's disrespect to your god; there isn't any word that tells what your disrespect to his god is.

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...the administration of the law can never go lax where every individual sees to it that it grows not lax in his own case, or in cases which fall under his eyes.

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Wagner’s music is better than it sounds.

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The cigar-box which the European calls a 'lift' needs but to be compared with our elevators to be appreciated. The lift stops to reflect between floors. That is all right in a hearse, but not in elevators. The American elevator acts like a man's patent purge-it works.

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Don't say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream.

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Constellations have always been troublesome things to name. If you give one of them a fanciful name, it will always refuse to live up to it; it will always persist in not resembling the thing it has been named for.

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If we should deal out justice only, in this world, who would escape? No, it is better to be generous, and in the end more profitable, for it gains gratitude for us, and love.

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The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow.

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The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

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More than two hundred death penalties are gone from the law books, but the [biblical] texts that authorised them remain.

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Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion - several of them.

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At 50, a man can be an ass without being an optimist but not an optimist without being an ass

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

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Never run after you own hat - others will be delighted to do it; why spoil their fun?

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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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Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

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All generalizations are false, including this one.

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Whoever has lived long enough to find out what life is, knows how deep a debt of gratitude we owe to Adam, the first great benefactor of our race. He brought death into the world.

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