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 Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it. - Horace  Joking about death-or anything else that oppresses us-makes it less frightening. The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp. Show me a liar, and I will show thee a thief. A great many open minds should be closed for repairs. One of the effects of fear is to disturb the senses and cause things to appear other than what they are. I pay the School Master, but 'tis the school boys that educate my son. Where there is no capacity to affirm another as a person in his own right, there is no love. There is only masked fear. Don't brood on what's past, but never forget it either. Good Americans, when they die, go to Paris. There may be those on earth who dress better or eat better, but those who enjoy the peace of God sleep better. It's all that the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date. Old age is when the liver spots show through your gloves. The office of the president is such a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy, that nobody knows whether to genuflect or spit. Between two evils, I always picked the one I never tried before. - Mae West Perhaps someday it will be pleasant to remember even this. - Virgil A father is a banker provided by nature. How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees? A few observations and much reasoning lead to error; many observations and a little reasoning to truth. Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be taken in small doses. 
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