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What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for beauty, and never see the dawn!


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The test of enjoyment is the remembrance which it leaves behind.

The test of enjoyment is the remembrance which it leaves behind.



There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.



When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.

When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.



Don't tell friends their social faults; they will cure the fault and never forgive you.

Don't tell friends their social faults; they will cure the fault and never forgive you.



The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.



Eat with the rich, but go to the play with the poor, who are capable of joy.

Eat with the rich, but go to the play with the poor, who are capable of joy.



People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.



Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.

Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.



What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.

What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.



Style is a magic wand, and turns everything to gold that it touches.

Style is a magic wand, and turns everything to gold that it touches.





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He doesn't blame people for many sins, but he does hate uncoordination, the root of all evil, as he feels it, for without coordination there can be no order, no connecting.



Every large brand has franchisees and stores that don't make it. It's unfortunate, and Cold Stone did everything it could to support its franchisees, but some failure rate is part of the business.

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Women have no sympathy and my experience of women is almost as large as Europe.



To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.

To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.



I go out as a missionary not that I may follow the dictates of common sense, but that I may obey that command of Christ.

I go out as a missionary not that I may follow the dictates of common sense, but that I may obey that command of Christ.



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Wilderness is not defined by the absence of certain activities, but rather by the presence of certain unique and invaluable characteristics.



Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.

Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.



Call it fate, destiny, call it luck you ended up with me But some things are meant to be Coincidence, circumstance Or something bigger thats just out of our hands But some things are meant to be

Call it fate, destiny, call it luck you ended up with me But some things are meant to be Coincidence, circumstance Or something bigger thats just out of our hands But some things are meant to be



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I couldn't find the remote control to the remote control.




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