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Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.
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A sodomite got very excited looking at a zoology text. Does this make it pornography?
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Every scarecrow has a secret ambition to terrorize.
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The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.
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When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.
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Impartiality is not neutrality. It is partiality for justice.
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7.
Beyond each corner, new directions lie in wait.
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8.
In order for you to be yourself, you have to be somebody first.
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9.
You will always find some Eskimo ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heatwaves.
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10.
Every now and then you meet a man whose ignorance is encyclopedic.
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11.
The exit is usually where the entrance was.
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12.
Suppose you succeed in breaking the wall with your head. And what, then, will you do in the next cell?
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The consumer's side of the coffin lid is never ostentatious.
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14.
I don't agree with mathematics; the sum total of zeros is a frightening figure.
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If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he entitled to happiness?
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16.
Don't trust the heart, it wants your blood.
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17.
Those who put blinders on their eyes should remember that the set also includes bridle and a whip.
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18.
The moment of recognizing your own lack of talent is a flash of genius.
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19.
Whenever man begins to doubt himself, he does something so stupid that he is reassured.
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20.
I has a dream about reality. It was such a relief to wake up.
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21.
He who limps is still walking.
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22.
Artistic honesty sometimes prevents an artist from being born.
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23.
Advice to writers: Sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin.
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Love of one's country recognizes no frontiers... of other countries.
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The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it.
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A man who is a genius and doesn't know it, probably isn't.
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27.
Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man. But they don't bite everybody.
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28.
An error becomes an error when born as truth.
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29.
Each snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty.
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30.
The first requisite for immortality is death.
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All Gods were immortal.
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32.
A tired exclamation mark is a question mark.
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33.
We are all equal before the law, but not before those appointed to applyit.
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When smashing monuments, save the pedestals - they always come in handy.
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It's the priests who have demands, not the gods.
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36.
I prefer the sign NO ENTRANCE to the sign which says NO EXIT.
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37.
Is it progress if a cannibal uses a knife and fork?
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38.
When no wind blows, even the weathervane has character.
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Never turn your back on reality. It surrounds you.
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40.
Here lies William Trollope, Who made these stones roll up; When death took his soul up, His body filled this hole up
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Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?
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It isn't easy to live after death. It takes a lifetime.
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I am against using death as a punishment. I am also against using it as a reward.
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44.
Do I believe? God only knows.
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45.
Value your words. Each one may be the last.
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When reasons are weak, attitudes stiffen.
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Man is fatally slow on the uptake; it always takes him until the next generation to understand what's going on.
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A sweet thing, perspective - a chance to see your enemies so small.
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Do not turn your back on anyone. You may be painted on one side only.
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If you do not know his language, you will never understand a foreigner's silence.
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