No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.

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We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said to be.

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The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.

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Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?

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The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.

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When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.

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Do you know what a pessimist is? A person who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself and hates them for it.

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Life is a disease; and the only diference between one another is the stage of the disease at which he lives.

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No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.

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Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course.

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