Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner.

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I don't know why it is that the religious never ascribe common sense to God.

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There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action.

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No egoism is so insufferable as that of the Christian with regard to his soul.

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We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others.

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You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.

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Love is a dirty trick played on us to achieve the continuation of the species.

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The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.

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Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.

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She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

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