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"A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation."
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"I can be an arrogant people If I have to, or when the situation demands me to act so.It is one way for me to make arrogance useful.So if I know not people well, I don't judge them."
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"Better not perceive yourselves too high, O humans.We only value mankind as our experimentation object."
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"I've learned to get really good at this - say one thing when I'm thinking about something else, act like I'm listening when I'm not, pretend to be calm and happy when I'm really freaking out. It's one of the skills you perfect as you get older."
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"The pretence leads up to the real thing. When you are not feeling particularly friendly but know you ought to be, the best thing you can do, very often, is put on a friendly manner and behave as if you were a nicer person than you actually are. And in a few minutes, as we have all noticed, you will be really feeling friendlier than you were. Very often the only way to get a quality in reality is to start behaving as if you had it already."
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"No man is exempt from saying silly things, the mischief is to say them deliberately."
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"By drinking, a boy acts like a man. After drinking, many a man acts like a boy."
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"ARE YOU CRAZY?" I ASKED. He gave me the same wordless look he always did when I asked that question."
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"For the most expensive way to realize an orgasm, men open their wallets. For the cheapest, they close their eyes."
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"With animal behavior, they're all fine until you introduce some rogue element into the cage, and then they go crazy."
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"Humans always love and hate each other for a reason; beauty or talent, hard working or wealth. If you want to be loved give them a reason."
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"There's nothing quite like tobacco: it's the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn't deserve to live."
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"It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all."
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"The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit."
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"I feed on good soup, not beautiful language."
Language

"As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt."
Men

"Oh, I may be devout, but I am human all the same."
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"The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself."
Love

"Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood."
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"All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing."
History

"Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money."
Money
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