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There isn't anything you can't stand if you are only born and bred to it.
By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.
Life does not consist mainly - or even largely - of facts and happenings.
There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.
When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not.
I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.
Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
That is the way we are made: we don't reason, where we feel; we just feel.
It's a good thing for a dog to have fleas; keeps his mind off being a dog.
The reason most people don't go to church is because they've already been.
Temper is what gets most of us into trouble. Pride is what keeps us there.
The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.
A dozen direct censures are easier to bear than one morganatic compliment.
If you don't like the weather in New England now, just wait a few minutes.
Some people give their problems swimming lessons instead of drowning them.
Often the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth.
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
It may have happened, it may not have happened but it could have happened.
My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.
Begin with the determination to succeed and the work is half done already.
Every man is wholly honest to himself and to God, but not to any one else.
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
...one should be gentle with the ignorant, for they are the chosen of God.
Except a person be part coward, it is not a compliment to say he is brave.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
It shames the average man to be valued below his own estimate of his worth.
Recipe for a long life: Only smoke while awake. Only run when being chased.
Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.
A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.
All good things arrive unto them that wait - and don't die in the meantime.
A man who chooses not to read is just as ignorant as a man who cannot read.
A discriminating irreverence is the creator and protector of human liberty.
In God We Trust. I don't believe it would sound any better if it were true.
Citizenship is what makes a republic - monarchies can get along without it.
A cat is more intelligent than people believe, and can be taught any crime.
Canadian girls are so pretty it's a relief now and then to see a plain one.
I have only one moral precept; never smoke more than five cigars at a time.
They say that you can't live by bread alone, but I can live on compliments.
How far we travel in life matters far less than those we meet along the way.
A half-educated physician is not valuable. He thinks he can cure everything.
Whenever a copyright law is to be made or altered, then the idiots assemble.
Genius has no youth, but starts with the ripeness of age and old experience.
I have spent most of my life worrying about things that have never happened.
Custom is petrification, nothing but dynamite can dislodge it for a century.
Synergy - the bonus that is achieved when things work together harmoniously.
An open mind leaves a chance for someone to drop a worthwhile thought in it.
Laughter is the greatest weapon we have and we, as humans, use it the least.
Those that respect the law and love sausage should watch neither being made.
Those who do not read the news are uninformed. Those who do are misinformed.
Unused talents gives you no advantage over someone who has no talent at all.