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It is sound judgment to put on a bold face and play your hand for a hundred times what it is worth; forty-nine times out of fifty nobody dares to call it, and you roll in the chips.

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Such is professional jealousy; a scientist will never show any kindness for a theory which he did not start himself.

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Last week, I stated this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister, and now wish to withdraw that statement.

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Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.

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Every year you wait, long ago gets farther away.

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Life is but a dream, a grotesque and foolish dream.

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How many of you believe in telekinesis? Raise my hand.

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Of all the animals, man is the only one that lies.

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Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand.

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Be virtuous and you will be eccentric.

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If you would beseech a blessing upon yourself, beware! lest without intent you invoke a curse upon a neighbor at the same time.

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You try to tell me anything about the newspaper business! Sir, I have been through it from Alpha to Omaha, and I tell you that the less a man knows the bigger the noise he makes and the higher the salary he commands.

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Books are the liberated spirits of men.

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Everybody lies...every day, every hour, awake, asleep, in his dreams, in his joy, in his mourning. If he keeps his tongue still his hands, his feet, his eyes, his attitude will convey deception.

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He said that man’s heart was the only bad heart in the animal kingdom; that man was the only animal capable of feeling malice, envy, vindictiveness, revengefulness, hatred, selfishness, the only animal that loves drunkenness, almost the only animal that could endure personal uncleanliness and a filthy habitation, the sole animal in whom was fully developed the base instinct called patriotism, the sole animal that robs, persecutes, oppresses and kills members of his own tribe, the sole animal that steals and enslaves the members of any tribe.

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When all is said and done, the one sole condition that makes spiritual happiness and preserves it is the absence of doubt.

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Canadian girls are so pretty it's a relief now and then to see a plain one.

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Man is kind enough when he is not excited by religion

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When in doubt, tell the truth. That maxim I did invent, but never expected it to be applied to me. I did say, "When you are in doubt," but when I am in doubt myself I use more sagacity.

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There will never be a "perfect" time to quit smoking. A time when you don't have any distractions or stress... If you had started today one year ago, this would not even be an issue for you today! Don't waste another year!

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