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The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money. - Author object (24)

I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them have never happened. - Author object (24)

You can't reason with your heart; it has its own laws, and thumps about things which the intellect scorns. - Author object (24)

Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them. - Author object (24)

Worrying is like paying a debt you don't owe. - Author object (24)

Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are economical in its use. - Author object (24)

Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside. - Author object (24)

After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her. - Author object (24)

Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned. - Author object (24)

It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them. - Author object (24)

There are many humorous things in the world; among them, the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages. - Author object (24)

There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy. - Author object (24)

In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot. - Author object (24)

[The Bible] has noble poetry in it... and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of a thousand lies. - Author object (24)

Obscurity and a competence—that is the life that is best worth living. - Author object (24)

Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightening that does the work. - Author object (24)

Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to. - Author object (24)

There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable. - Author object (24)

Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. - Author object (24)

Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often. - Author object (24)