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Imagine, if you will, that I ...

Imagine, if you will, that I am an idiot. Then, imagine that I am also a Congressman. But, alas, I repeat myself.

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Progressive improvement beats...

Progressive improvement beats delayed perfection.

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If animals could speak, the d...

If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.

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I saw a startling sight today...

I saw a startling sight today, a politician with his hands in his own pockets.

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To lodge all power in one par...

To lodge all power in one party and keep it there is to insure bad government and the sure and gradual deterioration of the public morals.

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The difference between those ...

The difference between those that succeed and those that fail is, those that succeeded tried.

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A marriage...makes of two fra...

A marriage...makes of two fractional lives a whole; it gives to two purposeless lives a work, and doubles the strength of each to perform it; it gives to two questioning natures a reason for living, and something to live for; it will give a new gladness to the sunshine, a new fragrance to the flowers, a new beauty to the earth, and a new mystery to life.

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If a person offends you, and ...

If a person offends you, and you are in doubt as to whether it was intentional or not, do not resort to extreme measures; simply watch your chance, and hit him with a brick.

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I do not wish any reward but ...

I do not wish any reward but to know I have done the right thing.

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Travel is fatal to prejudice,...

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.

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I am always on the side of th...

I am always on the side of the revolutionists, because there never was a revolution unless there were some oppressive and intolerable conditions against which to revolute.

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The conviction of the rich th...

The conviction of the rich that the poor are happier is no more foolish than the conviction of the poor that the rich are.

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When I was a boy of 14, my fa...

When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

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Those that respect the law an...

Those that respect the law and love sausage should watch neither being made.

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It ain't what you don't know ...

It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.

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So avoid using the word 'very...

So avoid using the word 'very' because it's lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don't use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women - and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do. It also won't do in your essays.
What you do today is important, because you are sacrificing a day of your life for it.
Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.

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The best minds will tell you ...

The best minds will tell you that when a man has begotten a child he is morally bound to tenderly care for it, protect it from hurt, shield it from disease, clothe it, feed it, bear with its waywardness, lay no hand upon it save in kindness and for its own good, and never in any case inflict upon it a wanton cruelty. God's treatment of his earthly children, every day and every night, is the exact opposite of all that, yet those best minds warmly justify these crimes, condone them, excuse them, and indignantly refuse to regard them as crimes at all, when he commits them.

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There is no such thing as a n...

There is no such thing as a new idea. It is impossible. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope. We give them a turn and they make new and curious combinations. We keep on turning and making new combinations indefinitely; but they are the same old pieces of colored glass that have been in use through all the ages.

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Enthusiasm is caught, not tau...

Enthusiasm is caught, not taught.

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He is useless on top of the g...

He is useless on top of the ground; he ought to be under it, inspiring the cabbages.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....