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There is nothing we like to see so much as the gleam of pleasure in a person's eye when he feels that we have sympathized with him, understood him, interested ourself in his welfare. At these moments something fine and spiritual passes between two friends. These moments are the moments worth living.
It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.
We need new friends. Some of us are cannibals who have eaten their old friends up; others must have ever-renewed audiences before whom to re-enact an ideal version of their lives.
Never burn bridges. Today's junior jerk, tomorrow's senior partner.
Middle age is when your old classmates are so gray and wrinkled and bald they don't recognize you.
Sleep faster, we need the pillows.
The sorrows and disasters of Europe always brought fortune to America.
Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.
Striving for perfection is the greatest stopper there is. You'll be afraid you can't achieve it. ... It's your excuse to yourself for not doing anything. Instead, strive for excellence, doing your best.
Friends are a second existence.
God give us men. A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands! Men whom the lust of office does not kill, Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy, Men who possess opinions and a will, Men who love honor, men who cannot lie.
The long habit of living indisposeth us for dying.
If you want the time to pass quickly, just give your note for 90 days.
Inspiration does not come like a blot, nor is it kinetic energy striving, but it comes to us slowly and quietly all the time.
Would that life were like the shadow cast by a wall or a tree, but it is like the shadow of a bird in flight.
I am not the smartest or most talented person in the world, but I succeeded because I keep going, and going, and going.
I was once thrown out of a mental hospital for depressing other patients.
Acting was a way out at first. A way out of not knowing what to do, a way of focusing ambitions. And the ambition wasn't for fame. The ambition was to do an interesting job.
One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.


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