E. W. Howe - Ventures in Common Sense (1919)

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A man who does not fool himself seldom cares much about fooling others. But the man who claims to have seen a ghost wants everybody else to believe in ghosts.

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As soon as the people fix one Shame of the World, another turns up.

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It is a matter of regret that many low, mean suspicions turn out to be well founded.

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So long as we do not blow our brains out, we have decided life is worth living.

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How good we all are, in theory, to the old; and how in fact we wish them to wander off like old dogs, die without bothering us, and bury themselves.

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Loving everybody is polygamy. I care for no friend who loves his enemy equally well.

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There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.

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Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.

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We are now confronted with the necessity of remedying the remedies.

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Honesty is largely a matter of information, of knowing that dishonesty is a mistake. Principle is not as powerful in keeping people straight as a policeman.

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If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.

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When half the people believe one thing, and the other half another, it is usually safe to accept either opinion. The Democrats are as good as the Republicans, and the Catholics as good as the Protestants.

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Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.

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Silliness which would have broken a politician twenty years ago, now makes his fortune.

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I know what women expect, and give it to them without disagreeable argument; they'll get it anyway.

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Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.

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I try to have no plans the failure of which would greatly annoy me. Half the unhappiness in the world is due to the failure of plans which were never reasonable, and often impossible.

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A loafer never works except when there's a fire; then he will carry out more furniture than anybody.

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Of living creatures, business men are nearest sane; their philosophy is as accurate as their multiplication table.

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