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"Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world."
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"In order to pronounce a book bad it is not enough to discover that it elicits no good response from ourselves, for that might be our fault."
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"It may not be fair that people make judgments so quickly, usually within a few seconds of observation, but it's unrealistic to expect that they won't. So, if you want to be judged in a certain manner, be sure that your look and demeanor give that impression."
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"As much as I respect him, he is somewhat of an ignorant fool."
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"Never judge the deeds of a starving man while you're on a full tummy."
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"People who smoke would have probably been regarded as fools or insane, if only a percentage of people who smoke smoked."
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"You don't have to eat the entire turd to know that it's not a crab cake."
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"Some of the people who hate me love some of the sentences that I have written, until they get to the name of the person to whom the sentences are attributed."
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"There are such repulsive faces in the world."
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"Some people would regard people who look like they do as ugly if they did not look like them."
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"If we're to be judged by our parents and grandparents, then we all may as well impale ourselves upon jagged bits of rock."
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"Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty."
Habit
"One must laugh before one is happy, or one may die without ever laughing at all."
Happiness
"The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored."
Society
"When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman."
Work
"Time makes friendship stronger, but love weaker."
Friendship
"I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just say that there is no God. They would speak disinterestedly at least, but such a person is not to be found."
God
"A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably."
Mind
"This great misfortune - to be incapable of solitude."
Solitude
"It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not."
People
"We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all."
Fear
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