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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
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When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine he is that polite all the time.
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There is only one thing for a man to do who is married to a woman who enjoys spending money, and that is to enjoy earning it.
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There is no such thing as a convincing argument, although every man thinks he has one.
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If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.
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A loafer never works except when there is a fire; then he will carry out more furniture than anybody.
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