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Intelligent people make many mistakes because they cannot believe the world is really as foolish as it is.


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The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.



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The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless.



Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth.

Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth.



Society is divided into two classes, the shearers and the shorn.

Society is divided into two classes, the shearers and the shorn.



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We take our colors, chameleon-like, from each other.





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