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I haven't any right to criticize books, and I don't do it except when I hate them. I often want to criticize Jane Austen, but her books madden me so t...more

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Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.

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Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

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′Classic′ - a book which people praise and don't read.

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The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.

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The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

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Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.

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Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.

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Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attemptin...more

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When I am king they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved...more