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You may say what you want to, but in my opinion she had more sand in her than any girl I ever see; in my opinion she was just full of sand.

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Sometimes I wish we could hear of a country that’s out of kings.

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It's lovely to live on a raft. We had the sky up there, all speckled with stars, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them, and discuss abou...more

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The source of all humor is not laughter, but sorrow.

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Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the creatures ever made (man) is the most detestable. Of t...more

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A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught.

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Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals.

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Honesty: The best of all the lost arts.

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The government of my country snubs honest simplicity but fondles artistic villainy, and I think I might have developed into a very capable pickpocket ...more

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Never have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.

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But that is the way we are made: we don't reason, where we feel; we just feel.

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If man could be crossed with a cat, it would improve man but deteriorate the cat.

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The signs of excessive indulgence in this destructive pastime are easily detectable. They are these: A disposition to eat, to drink, to smoke, to meet...more

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Ours is a terrible religion. The fleets of the world could swim in spacious comfort in the innocent blood it has spilt.

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The highest perfection of politeness is only a beautiful edifice, built, from the base to the dome, of graceful and gilded forms of charitable and uns...more