Necessity is the mother of taking chances.
Subject:
Chance   
Risk   
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There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy.
Subject:
Life   
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It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
Subject:
Cynicism   
Speech   
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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   
Source: Following the Equator (1897)
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The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are right.
Subject:
Friendship   
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A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.
Subject:
Reading   
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The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.
Subject:
Fool   
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Lord save us all from a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms.
Subject:
Hope & Dreams   
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I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want.
Subject:
Life   
Human Nature   
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Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritation and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place.
Subject:
Humor   
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Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man. The biography of the man himself cannot be written.
Subject:
Writing   
Books   
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It is not best that we should all think alike; it is a difference of opinion that makes horse races.
Subject:
Opinions   
Human Nature   
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If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
Subject:
Truth   
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No sinner is ever saved after the first twenty minutes of a sermon.
Subject:
Religion   
Persuasion   
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It is hopeless for the occasional visitor to try to keep up with Chicago-she outgrows his prophecies faster than he can make them. She is always a novelty; for she is never the Chicago you saw when you passed through the last time.
Subject:
America   
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One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.
Subject:
Lies   
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Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of congress; but I repeat myself.
Subject:
Congress   
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Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to.
Subject:
Emotions   
Human Nature   
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Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
Subject:
Truth   
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Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others.
Subject:
Genius   
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