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" When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself. "

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" The secret of getting ahead is getting started. "

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" There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce. "

" When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people. "

" If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first. "

" It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them. "

" There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy. "

" A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. "

" The main difference between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives. "

" Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. "

" The educated Southerner has no use for an 'r', except at the beginning of a word. "

" The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice. "

" Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured. "

" I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn't know. "

" It put our energies to sleep and made visionaries of us - dreamers and indolent... It is good to begin life poor; it is good to begin life rich - these are wholesome; but to begin it prospectively rich! The man who has not experienced it cannot imagine the curse of it. "

" Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get. "

" I make it a rule never to smoke while I'm sleeping. "

" The more you explain it, the more I don't understand it. "

" You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. "

" Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. "

" I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don't go out with Halley's Comet. The Almighty has said, no doubt: 'Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together.' "

" I can live for two months on a good compliment. "

" If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. "

" Denial ain't just a river in Egypt. "

" Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising. "

" It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. "

" Prosperity is the best protector of principle. "