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The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously
The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore
The history of art is the history of revivals
The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds
The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way
Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure
Self-preservation is the first law of nature
People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy
Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children
Opinions have vested interests just as men have
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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