"Today is a gift from God - that is why it is called the present."
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"There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad."
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"Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes."
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"One man's theology is another man's belly laugh."
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"A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave."
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"A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand."
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"The hues of the opal, the light of the diamond, are not to be seen if the eye is too near."
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"The young women in my classes are feisty and clever and believe, often with the passion of youthful optimism, that feminism is a battle already won. I worry for them - and for my daughters, too."
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"Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true."
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"The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about."
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"After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one."
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"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool."
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"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward."
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"If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried."
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"My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company."
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"Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous."
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"Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines."
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"I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited."
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"An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory."
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"I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we had never married at all."
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