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"Naivete in grownups is often charming, but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity."
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"The bowl is warmer than the soup."
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"No writer has an imaginative power richer than what the streets offer."
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"Good God. Men everywhere."
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"As far as she could see, children mostly argued, shouted, ran around very fast, laughed loudly, picked their noses, got dirty and sulked."
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"He reads much;He is a great observer and he looksQuite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays,As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music;Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sortAs if he mock'd himself and scorn'd his spiritThat could be moved to smile at any thing.Such men as he be never at heart's easeWhiles they behold a greater than themselves,And therefore are they very dangerous."
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"Society in its boundless ignorance ridicules the caterpillar but praises the butterfly."
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"Dickens writes that one of his characters, "listened to everything without seeming to, which showed he understood his business."
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"Take a perfect day add six hours of rain and fog and you have instant London."
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"I frequently observe that one pretty face would be followed by five and thirty frights."
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"Their faces were as a rule good-natured rather than beautiful."
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"It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn."
Age
"To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance."
Faith
"Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do not want to do."
Man
"We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends."
Fear
"Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless."
Compassion
"Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us."
Compassion
"Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from."
God
"Where everything is possible miracles become commonplaces, but the familiar ceases to be self-evident."
Philosophy
"Whenever you trace the origin of a skill or practices which played a crucial role in the ascent of man, we usually reach the realm of play."
Man
"You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you."
Enemy
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