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"I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you an education."

"If you steal from one author it's plagiarism; if you steal from many it's research."

"You sparkle with larceny."

"Life's a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest."

"All anger is not sinful, because some degree of it, and on some occasions, is inevitable. But it becomes sinful and contradicts the rule of Scripture when it is conceived upon slight and inadequate provocation, and when it continues long."

"It is not in life, but in art that self-fulfillment is to be found."

"Art is science made clear."

"Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished."

"To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it."

"A slave has but one master. An ambition man, has as many as there are people who helped him get his fortune."

"I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at."

"A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something."

"The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away."

"Be nice to people on the way up, because you'll meet them on your way down."

"Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something."

"When you take stuff from one writer it's plagiarism; but when you take it from many writers, it's research."
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"A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions."

"God help those who do not help themselves."

"Some of the greatest love affairs I've known have involved one actor, unassisted."

"Those who welcome death have only tried it from the ears up."

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