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 Polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold.  Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise. - Bible I am ready to reject all belief and reasoning, and can look upon no opinion even as more probable or likely than another. Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves. I cannot tell what the dickens his name is. He who is contented is rich. - Lao-Tzu At certain times of grave national stress, when that rag-bag called the British Constitution is in grave danger of coming unstuck, thank heaven for the big safety-pin at the top that keeps it together. I want you to know how I feel about my Italian heritage, so I'd like to say a few words in Italian: Verdi, Pavarotti, DiMaggio, Valentino, De Niro, Giuliani. . . I can't believe that out of a hundred thousand sperm, you were the quickest. His saying was: live and let live. If I were to suggest a general rule for happiness, I would say "Work a little harder; Work a little longer; Work!" If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much. Only with a new ruler do you realize the value of the old. Golf and sex: Two things you can really enjoy without being that good at them. I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to suppose that He has a sense of humor. Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen. A good heart will help you to a bonny face, my lad ... and a bad one will turn the bonniest into something worse than ugly. A man is rich in proportion to the things he can afford to let alone. Every experience, however bitter, has its lesson, and to focus one's attention on the lesson helps one overcome the bitterness. A secure individual... knows that the responsibility for anything concerning his life remains with himself-and he accepts that responsibility. 
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