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I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.

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When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

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The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.

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Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.

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There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.

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Men who never get carried away should be.

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When I was kidnapped, my parents snapped into action. They rented out my room.

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First secure an independent income, then practice virtue.

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Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

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I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.

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