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[Mankind] is governed by minorities,

[Mankind] is governed by minorities, seldom or never by majorities. It suppresses its feelings and its beliefs and follows the handful that makes the most noise. Sometimes the noisy handful is right, sometimes wrong, but no matter, the crowd follows it.
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Education: that which reveals to

Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge.
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In Paris they simply stared

In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their language.
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I did not attend his

I did not attend his funeral, but I wrote a nice letter saying I approved it.
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If you take a dog

If you take a dog which is starving and feed him and make him prosperous, that dog will not bite you. This is the primary difference between a dog and a man.
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It takes your enemy and

It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you: the one to slander you, and the other to bring the news to you.
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Religion consists in a set

Religion consists in a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain of.
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In the first place, God

In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards
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The holy passion of Friendship

The holy passion of Friendship is so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.
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Good breeding consists in concealing

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
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