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It was enough to make

It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race.
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How little a thing can

How little a thing can make us happy when we feel that we have earned it.
👁️ 124

Our opinions do not really

Our opinions do not really blossom into fruition until we have expressed them to someone else.
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Familiarity breeds contempt - and

Familiarity breeds contempt - and children.
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The radical of one century

The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them.
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When a person cannot deceive

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.
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Sane and intelligent human beings

Sane and intelligent human beings are like all other human beings, and carefully and cautiously and diligently conceal their private real opinions from the world and give out fictitious ones in their stead for general consumption.
👁️ 155

We are always more anxious

We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess.
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The universal brotherhood of man

The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession.
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The history of our race,

The history of our race, and each individual's experience, are sown thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill and that a lie told well is immortal.
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