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History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.

Mark Twain

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
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Ambition Dreamss Greatness Hurt People Try
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
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Brace Character Courage Curious Moral Physical World
Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
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Dog Favor Heaven Merit Stay
What is Man? Man is a noisome bacillus whom Our Heavenly Father created because he was disappointed in the monkey.
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Create Disappointment Father Heaven Humour Man Monkey
There are many humorous things in the world; among them, the white man’s notion that he is less savage than the other savages.
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Humour Man Savage World
Classic – a book which people praise and don’t read.
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Book Praise Read
Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
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Acknowledgement Authority Commit Fault Guard Opportunity Throw
I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.
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Approve Attend Funeral Funny Humour Insult Letter
You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
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Depend Eyes Focus Imagination Life One Liner
Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.
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Help Humanity Man Moral Wisdom
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
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Argument Beat Experience People Stupidity
The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man’s.
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Dog Dreamss Gentleman Heaven Hope Man One Liner
Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
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Cease Exist Illusion Life Live
The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.
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Cheer Happiness Praise Self Love Yourself
A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.
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Book Humour Success Writing
In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.
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Beginning Change Hate Man Patriotism Success

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