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"Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes."
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"If you behave in a manner that poisons your relationship, don't be surprised when it dies."

"To probe for unconscious determinants of behavior and then define a man in their terms exclusively, ignoring his overt behavior altogether, is a greater distortion than ignoring the unconscious completely."

"Men and swords. My father said that if you put any able-bodied man, no matter how peaceful, into a room with a sword and a practice dummy and leave him alone, eventually the man would pick up the sword and try to stab the dummy. It is human nature."

"There are two good reasons to put your napkin in your lap. One is that food might spill in your lap, and it is better to stain the napkin than your clothing. The other is that it can serve as a perfect hiding place. Practically nobody is nosey enough to take the napkin off a lap to see what is hidden there."

"Marianne had now been brought by degrees, so much into the habit of going out every day, that it was become a matter of indifference to her, whether she went or not: and she prepared quietly and mechanically for every evening's engagement, though without expecting the smallest amusement from any, and very often without knowing, till the last moment, where it was to take her."

"A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones."

"Don't plead with anyone if you were not at fault, you'll only look inferior, stupid and funny, bolster your ego by doing the undoing."
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"I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine."

"I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too? Then there 's a pair of us-don't tell! They 'd banish us, you know. How dreary to be somebody! How public, like a frog To tell your name the livelong day To an admiring bog!"

"Time is a Test of Trouble - But not a Remedy - If such it proved it proves too There was no Melody."

"Heart, we will forget him,You and I, tonight!You must forget the warmth he gave,I will forget the light."

"Bless God, he went as soldiers,His musket on his breast-Grant God, he charge the bravestOf all the martial blest!Please God, might I behold himIn epauletted white-I should not fear the foe then-I should not fear the fight!"
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