"Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble."

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"Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble."

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"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."

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"They're talking about banning cigarette smoking now in any place that's used by ten or more people in a week, which, I guess, means that Madonna can't even smoke in bed."

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"Good-looking people with strong, fluoridated teeth get things handed to them on platters."

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"With Google I'm starting to burn out on knowing the answer to everything. People in the year 2020 are going to be nostalgic for the sensation of feeling clueless."

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"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second."

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"Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness."

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"Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily dissolved."

Wonder

"Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures."

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"He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young."

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"Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense."

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"To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement."

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"The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover."

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"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."

"For us in Russia communism is a dead dog. For many people in the West, it is still a living lion."

"They're talking about banning cigarette smoking now in any place that's used by ten or more people in a week, which, I guess, means that Madonna can't even smoke in bed."

"Let's make a law that gay people can have birthdays, but straight people get more cake - you know, to send the right message to kids."

"The tea baggers. The one thing they hate is when you call them racist. The other thing they hate is black people. But they won't say it."

"Good-looking people with strong, fluoridated teeth get things handed to them on platters."

"I don't want my books to exclude anyone, but if they have to, then I would rather they excluded the people who feel they are too smart for them!"

"With Google I'm starting to burn out on knowing the answer to everything. People in the year 2020 are going to be nostalgic for the sensation of feeling clueless."

"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second."

"Many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."

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"Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness."

"Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily dissolved."

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"I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair."

"Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures."

"He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young."

"Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense."

"To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement."

"The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover."