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Anger was both a disfiguring and a revealing passion.

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A lie that is half a truth is ever the hardest to fight.

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Simplicity is the most difficult thing in the world to ape.

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Too much information can be as disconcerting as too little.

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When there is too much to say it is easier to say nothing at all.

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Any road is bound to arrive somewhere if you follow it far enough.

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Love and a cold cannot be hid. It is, I believe, a Spanish proverb.

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Money's a very serious thing — especially when you haven't got any.

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John went up in the world — made a ladder of his brains and climbed.

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People who lost their tempers were never much more than five years old.

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Children want one thing at a time, and want that one thing passionately.

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It isn't good tactics to ask for something that you know will be refused.

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Anyone who pretends not to be interested in money is either a fool or a knave.

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I do not approve of children being beaten. It is always a confession of failure.

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You cannot divide minds into sexes. Each human being presents an individual problem.

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It was his rooted belief that an unlocked door or window would instantly attract a burglar.

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She had the air of someone who walked among her own thoughts and found them sufficient company.

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Being in a rage was rather like being out in a thunderstorm—you couldn't hear yourself think.

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Tanis was an underminer, but people can't undermine you if you don't let yourself be undermined.

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The things that happened in your body were never as bad as the things that happened in your mind.

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Her own sense of superiority was largely maintained by the contemplation of other people's faults.

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There is a country proverb which says, 'If you don't trouble trouble — trouble won't trouble you.'

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You can't do such a lot and do it all so well and have much time left for the ordinary human feelings.

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Take things as they come. Take things as they are. What does it matter? There's one end to everything.

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Things you can't understand are always the hardest to bear. To know why is the first step to consolation.

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There's a general consensus of opinion that people in love are apt to look silly — except to each other.

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It is the man who is sure of himself who disregards the opinion of the world. To be sure is to have power.

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Infallibility requires a great deal of charm to carry it off. Unfortunately, Albert was deficient in charm.

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The most trying moments in human experience were those in which there was nothing to be done except to wait.

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Like so many well-meaning people, he was given to doubts when they could no longer serve any useful purpose.

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