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"Modern travelling is not travelling at all; it is merely being sent to a place, and very little different from becoming a parcel."
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"The difference between sentiment and being sentimental is the following: Sentiment is when a driver swerves out of the way to avoid hitting a rabbit on the road. Being sentimental is when the same driver, when swerving away from the rabbit, hits a pedestrian."
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"Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies for instance."
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"Cursing is invoking the assistance of a spirit to help you inflict suffering. Swearing on the other hand, is invoking, only the witness of a spirit to an statement you wish to make."
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"Every great person is always being helped by everybody; for their gift is to get good out of all things and all persons."
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