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You take the lies out of him, and he'll shrink to the size of your hat; you take the malice out of him, and he'll disappear.

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I am content to be a bric-a-bracker and a Ceramiker.

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If you don't like the weather in New England now, just wait a few minutes.

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That reminds me to remark, in passing, that the very first official thing I did, in my administration-and it was on the first day of it, too-was to start a patent office; for I knew that a country without a patent office and good patent laws was just a crab, and couldn't travel any way but sideways or backways.

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He charged nothing for his preaching and it was worth it too.

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I don't know anything about this man. Anyhow, I only know two things about him. One is, he has never been in jail, and the other is, I don't know why.

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To one in sympathy with nature, each season, in its turn, seems the loveliest.

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Armor is heavy, yet it is a proud burden, and a man standeth straight in it.

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The only certainties in life are death and taxes.

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Independence-is loyalty to one's best self and principles, and this is often disloyalty to the general idols and fetishes.

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The reason why truth is so much stranger than fiction is that there is no requirement for it to be consistent.

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I'm pushing 60 years of age...and that's enough exercise for me.

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Every man is wholly honest to himself and to God, but not to any one else.

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I have learned that human existence is essentially tragic. It is only the love of God, disclosed and enacted in Christ, that redeems the human tragedy and makes it tolerable. No, more than tolerable. Wonderful.

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Golden rule: Made of hard metal so it could stand severe wear, it not being known at that time that butter would answer.

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I found out that I was a Christian for revenue only and I could not bear the thought of that, it was so ignoble.

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There is nothing in the world like persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus.

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High and fine literature is wine, and mine is only water; but everybody likes water.

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The easy part of being an artist is figuring out the message that everyone else is ready to hear. The hard part is waiting for the proper lull to make the announcement.

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Some things you can't find out; but you will never know you can't by guessing and supposing: no, you have to be patient and go on experimenting until you find out that you can't find out.

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