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I have been scientifically studying the traits and dispositions of the “lower animals” (so-called,) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositi...more

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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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I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

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The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

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Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarte...more

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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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Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.

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One frequently only finds out how really beautiful a women is, until after considerable acquaintance with her.

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Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are economical in its use.

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The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.

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By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity – another man’s, I mean.

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Work like you don't need the money. Dance like no one is watching. And love like you've never been hurt.

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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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I persuaded him to throw the dirk away and it was as easy as persuading a child to give up some bright fresh new way of killing itself.