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The English gentleman is a combination of silence, courtesy, dignity, sport, newspapers and honesty.


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If dogs could talk, perhaps we would find it as hard to get along with them as we do with people.

If dogs could talk, perhaps we would find it as hard to get along with them as we do with people.



I think I am slowly becoming an anarchist, that this is only another label for my privateness, and I think that you will understand this in the sense of being against collectivity.

I think I am slowly becoming an anarchist, that this is only another label for my privateness, and I think that you will understand this in the sense of being against collectivity.



Relativism is neither a method of fighting, nor a method of creating, for both of these are uncompromising and at times even ruthless; rather, it is a method of cognition.

Relativism is neither a method of fighting, nor a method of creating, for both of these are uncompromising and at times even ruthless; rather, it is a method of cognition.



Cognition is not fighting, but once someone knows a lot, he will have much to fight for, so much that he will be called a relativist because of it.

Cognition is not fighting, but once someone knows a lot, he will have much to fight for, so much that he will be called a relativist because of it.



Great God of the Ants, thou hast granted victory to thy servants. I appoint thee honorary Colonel.

Great God of the Ants, thou hast granted victory to thy servants. I appoint thee honorary Colonel.



A short life is better for mankind, for a long life would deprive man of his optimism.

A short life is better for mankind, for a long life would deprive man of his optimism.



Robots do not hold on to life. They can't. They have nothing to hold on with - no soul, no instinct. Grass has more will to live than they do.

Robots do not hold on to life. They can't. They have nothing to hold on with - no soul, no instinct. Grass has more will to live than they do.



Nothing is stranger to man than his own image.

Nothing is stranger to man than his own image.



Much melancholy has devolved upon mankind, and it is detestable to me that might will triumph in the end...

Much melancholy has devolved upon mankind, and it is detestable to me that might will triumph in the end...



Quite obviously a cat trusts human beings; but she doesn't trust another cat because she knows better than we do.

Quite obviously a cat trusts human beings; but she doesn't trust another cat because she knows better than we do.





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This is the story of America. Everybody's doing what they think they're supposed to do.



I've always believed in savoring the moments. In the end, they are the only things we'll have.

I've always believed in savoring the moments. In the end, they are the only things we'll have.



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It doesn't matter if you have a valentine or not - just love yourself and be your own.



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Watching a Kubrick film is like gazing up at a mountaintop. You look up and wonder, how could anyone have climbed that high?



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Both Hindu, as well as Islamic fundamentalism, feed on the poverty of the masses.



I don't keep my secrets or my knowledge to myself.

I don't keep my secrets or my knowledge to myself.



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Two weeks together, that’s all it took, two weeks for me to fall in love with you. ♥



A deep man believes that the evil eye can whither, the heart's blessing can heal, and that love can overcome all odds.

A deep man believes that the evil eye can whither, the heart's blessing can heal, and that love can overcome all odds.




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