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"Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid."
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"The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded."
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"Complacency is a state of mind that exists only in retrospective: it has to be shattered before being ascertained."
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"Being "contented" ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position."
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"I just loved being divorced from my own wretchedness."
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"The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it."
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"A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself."
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"Being born with a pair of beady eyes was the best thing that ever happened to me."
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"The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible."
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"Having had a reputation for being sexy is a great prop to lean on now."
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"I was probably being a little cocky, which I do when I feel that I don't know what I'm talking about."
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"The worst feature of a new baby is its mother's singing."
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"Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people."
People

"Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune."
Music

"It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed."
Happiness

"When a fellow says, "It ain't the money but the principle of the thing," it's the money."
Money

"Men are not punished for their for sins, but by them."
Man

"Nobody can be as agreeable as an uninvited guest."
Hospitality

"Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil."
Peace

"An optimist is a fellow who believes what's going to be will be postponed."
Will

"Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature."
Man
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