It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.
MARK TWAINWhat is Man? Man is a noisome bacillus whom Our Heavenly Father created because he was disappointed in the monkey.
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Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
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If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.
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Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
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Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
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Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.
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I’ve lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.
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Reality can be beaten with enough imagination.
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Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.
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I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.
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All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.
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A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.
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Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it.
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Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
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Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.
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Obscurity and a competence – that is the life that is best worth living.
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