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"From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war."

"People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little."

"There is no evil in the atom; only in men's souls."

"My other Main Man is Muhamed Ali, for the obvious reasons."
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"Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a man's stature as to his happiness."

"People who are always taking care of their health are like misers, who are hoarding a treasure which they have never spirit enough to enjoy."

"Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who will lay no restraints upon themselves."

"It is a great pity but tis certain from every day's observation of man, that he may be set on fire like a candle, at either end provided there is a sufficient wick standing out."

"Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world, - though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst, - the cant of criticism is the most tormenting!"

"I once asked a hermit in Italy how he could venture to live alone, in a single cottage, on the top of a mountain, a mile from any habitation? He replied, that Providence was his next-door neighbor."

"People who overly take care of their health are like misers. They hoard up a treasure which they never enjoy."

"I am persuaded that every time a man smiles - but much more so when he laughs - it adds something to this fragment of life."

"A dwarf who brings a standard along with him to measure his own size, take my word, is a dwarf in more articles than one."

"Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation."
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