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Difference between savage and civilized man: one is painted, the other gilded.

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A sin takes on a new and real terror when there seems a chance that it is going to be found out.

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Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.

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If you have nothing to say, say nothing.

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We have to keep our God placated with prayer, and even then we are never sure of him-how much higher and finer is the Indian's God...Our illogical God is all-powerful in name, but impotent in fact; the Great Spirit is not all-powerful, but does the very best he can for his injun and does it free of charge

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No real estate is permanently valuable but the grave.

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The exercise of an extraordinary gift is the supremest pleasure in life.

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It is so unsatisfactory to read a noble passage and have no one you love at hand to share the happiness with you. And it is unsatisfactory to read to one's self anyhow - for the uttered voice so heightens the expression.

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If you should rear a duck in the heart of the Sahara, no doubt it would swim if you brought it to the Nile.

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Priapism is what happens when someone gets strangulated to the point of hypoxia.

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Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it.

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I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.

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The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

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Books are the liberated spirits of men.

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If there is one thing that is really cheerful in the world, it is cheerfulness. I have noticed it often. And I have noticed that when a man is right down cheerful, he is seldom unhappy for the time being. Such is the nature of man.

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A man has no business to be depressed by a disappointment, anyway; he ought to make up his mind to get even.

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Do one thing every day you don't want to do.

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Whatever you say, say it with conviction

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Once you've put one of his [Henry James] books down, you simply can't pick it up again.

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The person who has no opinion will seldom be wrong.

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