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- A dollar picked up in the road is more satisfaction to you than the ninety-and -nine which you had to work for, and money won…
- Concentration of power in a political machine is bad; and an Established Church is only a political machine; it was invented for that; it is…
- Man is a marvelous curiosity...he thinks he is the Creator's pet...he even believes the Creator loves him; has passion for him; sits up nights to…
- Dying man couldn't make up his mind which place to go to-both have their advantages, heaven for the climate, hell for the company!
- Grown people everywhere are always likely to cling to the religion they were brought up in.
- Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours. When you make a decision to "be" a particular…
- All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. You can "already know for sure" things that could actually impede…
- When I was fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have him around. When I got to be twenty-one, I was…
- Scientists have odious manners, except when you prop up their theory; then you can borrow money off them.
- That is the way of the scientist. He will spend thirty years in building up a mountain range of facts with the intent to prove…
- I never could do anything with figures, never had any talent for mathematics, never accomplished anything in my efforts at that rugged study, and to-day…
- We could use up two Eternities in learning all that is to be learned about our own world and the thousands of nations that have…
- Well, my book is written-let it go. But if it were only to write over again there wouldn't be so many things left out. They…
- The Germans are exceedingly fond of Rhine wines; they are put up in tall, slender bottles, and are considered a pleasant beverage. One tells them…
- There's nobody for me to attack in this matter even with soft and gentle ridicule-and I shouldn't ever think of using a grown up weapon…
- But in this country we have one great privilege which they don't have in other countries. When a thing gets to be absolutely unbearable the…
- Word it as softly as you please, the spirit of patriotism is the spirit of the dog and wolf. The moment there is a misunderstanding…
- It is hopeless for the occasional visitor to try to keep up with Chicago-she outgrows his prophecies faster than he can make them. She is…
- India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand…
- Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India.
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