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Common sense and sense of humor are the same thing moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

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I have always been impressed by the fact that there are a surprising number of individuals who never use their minds if they can avoid it, and an equal number who do use their minds, but in an amazingly stupid way.

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The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him; and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust him and show your distrust.

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It is better to be a lion for a day than a sheep for your whole life.

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Never let a stain from the past put a mark on your future.

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The beauty of religious mania is that it has the power to explain everything. Once God (or Satan) is accepted as the first cause of everything which happens in the mortal world, nothing is left to chance...logic can be happily tossed out the window.

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Everyone dies. Not everyone really lives.

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Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake off.

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Be not simply good - be good for something.

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We are wise when we learn from one another. We are strong when we contain our impulses. We are honored when we honor others.

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