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It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

I’mwilling for any solution religious, political. I’m not going to keepoffering to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

Most people suspended their judgement till somebody else has expressed his own and then they respect it.

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.