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There is no stronger craving in the world than that of the rich for titles, except that of the titled for riches.
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Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely- read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious…
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Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted.
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Misquotation is the pride and privilege of the learned.
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[D]on't grow old. With age comes caution, which is another name for cowardice.... Whatever else you do in life, don't cultivate a…
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Fate stalks us with depressing monotony from womb to tomb, and, when we are least expecting it, deals us a series of…
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Do you believe in God? Perhaps you aren't old enough. The reason old people believe in God is because they've given up…
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Never neglect an opportunity to play leap-frog; it is the best of all games, and, unlike the terribly serious and conscientious pastimes…
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The English public doesn't really like Shakespeare; it prefers football.
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When people are old enough to know better they are old enough to do worse.
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A man's character never changes radically from youth to old age. What happens is that circumstances bring out characteristics which have not…
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I am inclined to think that one's education has been in vain if one fails to learn that most schoolmasters are idiots.
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The United States prefers that Iraq meet its obligations voluntarily, yet we are prepared for the alternative.
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The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything.
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A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White…
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Body does what mind prefers.
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There are two types of genius; one which above all begets and wants to beget, and another which prefers being fertilized and…
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Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom.
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In every man there is a hidden child which is called the urge to create and he prefers as play things and…
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The universe is asymmetric and I am persuaded that life, as it is known to us, is a direct result of the…
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The human mind prefers to be spoon-fed with the thoughts of others, but deprived of such nourishment it will, reluctantly, begin to…
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