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Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.


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Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.

Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.



If you want to improve your understanding, drink coffee.

If you want to improve your understanding, drink coffee.



Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.



Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.

Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.



Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea! How did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea.

Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea! How did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea.



The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities.

The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities.



A man who wishes to make his way in life could do no better than go through the world with a boiling tea-kettle in his hand.

A man who wishes to make his way in life could do no better than go through the world with a boiling tea-kettle in his hand.



You find people ready enough to do the Samaritan, without the oil and twopence.

You find people ready enough to do the Samaritan, without the oil and twopence.



A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.

A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.



In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style.

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style.





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I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true.

I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true.



I'm gonna film my entire life and watch it later!

I'm gonna film my entire life and watch it later!



Science is supposedly the method by which we stand on the shoulders of those who came before us. In computer science, we all are standing on each others' feet.

Science is supposedly the method by which we stand on the shoulders of those who came before us. In computer science, we all are standing on each others' feet.



Mom could say that in hindsight, but it seemed to me that when you were in the middle of something, it was awful hard to figure out what part of it was God's will and what wasn't.

Mom could say that in hindsight, but it seemed to me that when you were in the middle of something, it was awful hard to figure out what part of it was God's will and what wasn't.



Love has been stronger than the air you breathe.

Love has been stronger than the air you breathe.



I want to win some Super Bowls, and so thats really my focus, to do whatever I have to do to lead this team to a championship.

I want to win some Super Bowls, and so thats really my focus, to do whatever I have to do to lead this team to a championship.



That, Senators, is what a favour from gangs amounts to. They refrain from murdering someone; then they boast that they have spared him!

That, Senators, is what a favour from gangs amounts to. They refrain from murdering someone; then they boast that they have spared him!



I went grey at 12, my eyesight went at 17. I've been a crock from very early on.

I went grey at 12, my eyesight went at 17. I've been a crock from very early on.



'Don't you worry, and don't you hurry.' I know that phrase by heart, and if all other music should perish out of the world it would still sing to me.

'Don't you worry, and don't you hurry.' I know that phrase by heart, and if all other music should perish out of the world it would still sing to me.



Beware of anyone who tries to please you all the time.

Beware of anyone who tries to please you all the time.




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