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"It is astounding what power being kind, mannered, polite and considerate has in transforming your life."

"You have a habit of having an 'underhand', and that is why you get a boss. Otherwise, no one is your boss and no one is your underhand; such is the world."

"The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age."

"If... says: 'Do not be greedy, be generous', you may inwardly interpret this in such a manner that you will develop a greed for generosity."

"People get absorbed in chitchats with whomever they meet. They simply have to meet someone. Infinite energies are wasted in such chitchatting."

"A person's true character lies somewhere until after you might have pressed the wrong button without knowing, then you'll realize that there are dogs in human form."
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"So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend."


"You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a joke with someone else."


"Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health."


"We must accept life for what it actually is - a challenge to our quality without which we should never know of what stuff we are made, or grow to our full stature."
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