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All truth is not to be told at all times
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income
All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others
All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it
A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy
A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends
A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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