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Treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.

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It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull.

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Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

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Washington is the only place where sound travels faster than light.

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Life is a zoo in a jungle.

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Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

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In all recorded history there has not been one economist who has had to worry about where the next meal would come from.

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It is necessary to try to surpass oneself always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.

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To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood.

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Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes.

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