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Society is composed of two great classes, those who have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners
Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people
Society is the union of men and not the men themselves
Man is a social animal
The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms
Society rests upon conscience and not upon science
For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe. Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end
A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable
One of the many reasons for the bewildering and tragic character of human existence is the fact that social organization is at once necessary and fatal. Men are forever creating such organizations for their own convenience and forever finding themselves the victims of their home-made monsters
One does not leave a convivial party before closing time
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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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