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Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.

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Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die; do not outlive yourself.

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I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

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Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.