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"We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess."
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"Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours."
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"There are people who strictly deprive themselves of each and every eatable, drinkable, and smokable which has in any way acquired a shady reputation. They pay this price for health. And health is all they get for it. How strange it is. It is like paying out your whole fortune for a cow that has gone dry."
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"Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it."
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"When in doubt, tell the truth."
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"Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with."
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