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The man who never tells an unpalatable truth ‘at the wrong time’ (the right time has yet to be discovered) is the man whose success in life is fairly well assured.

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It takes time and trouble to persuade ourselves that the things we want to do are the things we ought to do.
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It has been wisely said that we cannot really love anybody at whom we never laugh.
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