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There is nothing training cannot

There is nothing training cannot do. Nothing is above its reach. It can turn bad morals to good; it can destroy bad principles and recreate good ones; it can lift men to angelship.
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Sacred cows make the best

Sacred cows make the best hamburgers.
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I am prepared to meet

I am prepared to meet anyone, but whether anyone is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
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October is one of the

October is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. Others are July, January, April, September, November, May, March, June, December, August and February.
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When I was fourteen, my

When I was fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have him around. When I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.
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Are you so unobservant that

Are you so unobservant that you do not yet realize that sanity and hapiness are an impossible combination?
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[Humanity] has unquestionably one really

[Humanity] has unquestionably one really effective weapon—laughter. Power, money, persuasion, supplication, persecution—these can lift at a colossal humbug—push it a little—weaken it a little, century by century; but only laughter can blow it to rags and atoms at a blast. Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.
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At the beginning of a

At the beginning of a great national change, the patriot is a scarce man: scorned, ridiculed and forgotten. When his cause succeeds, however, all men will join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.
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The first of April is

The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year.
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It is noble to teach

It is noble to teach oneself, it is still nobler to teach others.
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