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A grouch escapes so many little annoyances that it almost pays to be one.
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A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing
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To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to
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-- George Bernard Shaw Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
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Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of
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Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
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-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I am ready at any time. Do not keep me waiting.
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Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them
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-- H.L. Mencken Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life.
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-- Philip Streifer, Superintendent Camps and Camping
