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Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties. - Author object (182)

A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth. - Author object (182)

The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit. - Author object (182)

After all is said and done, more is said than done. - Author object (182)

It is easy to be brave at a safe distance. - Author object (182)

Please all, and you will please none. - Author object (182)

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. - Author object (182)

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. - Author object (213)

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure. - Author object (213)

My congratulations to you, sir. Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good. - Author object (213)

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance. - Author object (213)

He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man. - Author object (213)

A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it. - Author object (213)

Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. - Author object (213)

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. - Author object (213)

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. - Author object (213)

I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works. - Author object (213)

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust. - Author object (213)

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find? - Author object (213)

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. - Author object (10)