The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.
Twain, Mark
The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young.
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There has never been an intelligent person of the age of sixty who would consent to live his life over again. His or anyone else
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The man who sets out to carry a cat by its tail learns something that will always be useful and which never will grow dim or doubtful.
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If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man but deteriorate the cat.
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We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit on a hot stove lid again and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore.
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Man is the only man that blushes. Or needs to.
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A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.
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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
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I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
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Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.
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Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
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The kingly office is entitled to no respect. It was originally procured by the highwayman's methods; it remains a perpetuated crime, can never be anything but the symbol of a crime. It is no more entitled to respect than is the flag of a pirate.
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There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.
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When in doubt tell the truth.
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