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"A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect."
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"I obtain great satisfaction out of using my intellect."

"No one was born a reader we learn to build the habit of reading."

"Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain."

"He seemed to be in quest for mental food, not heart sustenance."

"Flippancy, the most hopeless form of intellectual vice."

"Soccer riots kill at most tens. Intellectuals' ideological riots sometimes kill millions."

"Intellectuals would be much more accepted now than in the '40s."

"Cultivate the frontal portion of her brain as much as that of man is cultivated, and she will stand his equal at least. Even now, where her mind has been called out at all, her intellect is as bright, as capacious, and as powerful as his."

"No one knows a man better than himself."

"Never believe all that you hear. Always verify the original source of information."
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"The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races, the men who borrow and the men who lend."

"I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my joyful school days - All, all are gone, the old familiar faces."

"The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth."

"Some people have a knack of putting upon you gifts of no real value, to engage you to substantial gratitude. We thank them for nothing."
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