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 Whenever at an accusation blind rage burns up within us, the reason is that some arrow has pierced the joints of our harness. Behind our shining armour of righteous indignation lurks a convicted and only half-repentant sinner ... [and] we may be almost sure some sharp and bitter grain of truth lurks within it, and the wound is best probed.  Lead the life that will make you kindly and friendly to everyone about you, and you will be surprised what a happy life you will lead. The most technologically efficient machine that man has ever invented is the book. I'm a one-drink woman, two at the most, three I'm under the table, four I'm under the host. The American people can have anything they want; the trouble is, they don't know what they want. No man is a hero to his valet. There are some great roles - mostly in Shakespeare's tragedies which no one can play at full strength from beginning to end. One simply hopes that one can hit the peaks as often as one has the strength. In the game of life nothing is less important than the score at half time. Admiration: Our polite recognition of another man's resemblance to ourselves. We set ourselves to bite the hand that feeds us. To give pleasure to a single heart by a single kind act is better than a thousand head-bowings in prayer. - Sa'di It would be a great advantage to some schoolmasters if they would steal two hours a day from their pupils, and give their own minds the benefit of the robbery. Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy. More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us. Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying sense of justice. The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty, not knowing what comes next. Great and good are seldom the same man. Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them. There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness. Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom. 
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