There is more real pleasure to be gotten out of a malicious act, where your heart is in it, than out of thirty acts of a nobler sort.
Subject:
Evil   
Action   
Good   
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I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the "lower animals" (so called) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me.
Subject:
Humor   
Mankind   
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To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.
Subject:
Opinions   
Philosophical   
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Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.
Subject:
Honesty   
Work:
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The coldest winter I ever spent was summer in San Francisco.
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The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all.
Subject:
Criticism   
Opinions   
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Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.
Subject:
Duty   
Habits   
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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
Subject:
Books   
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Only a government that is rich and safe can afford to be a democracy, for democracy is the most expensive and nefarious kind of government ever heard of on earth.
Subject:
Democracy   
Government   
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It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.
Subject:
Freedom   
Work: Following the Equator (1897)
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Not until you become a stranger to yourself will you be able to make acquaintance with the Friend.
Subject:
Friendship   
Philosophical   
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The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.
Subject:
Life   
Chance   
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It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
Subject:
Cynicism   
Speech   
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There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
Subject:
Desires   
Spiritual   
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Loyalty to petrified opinion never broke a chain or freed a human soul.
Subject:
Freedom   
Loyalty   
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In Boston they ask, how much does he know? In New York, how much is he worth? In Philadelphia, who were his parents?
Subject:
Americans   
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Necessity is the mother of taking chances.
Subject:
Chance   
Risk   
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Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.
Subject:
Humor   
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There is an old-time toast which is golden for its beauty. "When you ascend the hill of prosperity may you not meet a friend.
Subject:
Friendship   
Wealth   
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Drag your thoughts away from your troubles... by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it.
Subject:
Worries   
Thinking   
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