"No man is exempt from saying silly things, the mischief is to say them deliberately."

Behavior, Speech, Mistake, Humor, Judgment

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"No man is exempt from saying silly things, the mischief is to say them deliberately."

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"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."

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Paul Valery, French Poet

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"You have to first position yourself with the right level of mannerism, before others could see a reason to respect you."

Edmond Mbiaka, American Author

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"How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables."

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"Those who have compared our life to a dream were right... we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep."

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"The greater part of the world's troubles are due to questions of grammar."

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"The world is but a perpetual see-saw."

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"The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will."

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"He who does not live in some degree for others hardly lives for himself."

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