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Human beings are the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid. ”
You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race. ”
The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six years. ”
A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes. ”
If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people's opinions will rush in from all quarters. ”
The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it. ”
Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time. ”
The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and about all time. ”
Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough. ”
Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness. ”