There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by finding what we suspected. Henry David Thoreau

The language of friendship is not words but meanings. Henry David Thoreau

That government is best which governs least. Henry David Thoreau

If one advances confidently in the direction of one’s dreams, and endeavours to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. Henry David Thoreau

I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. Henry David Thoreau
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Faith is believing what you know ain’t so. Mark Twain

Golf is a good walk spoiled. Mark Twain

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. Mark Twain

Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed. Mark Twain

The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. Mark Twain

Get the facts first. You can distort them later. Mark Twain
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The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction. Samuel Johnson

Those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt. Samuel Johnson

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble. Samuel Johnson

He that fails in his endeavours after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. Samuel Johnson

To marry a second time represents the triumph of hope over experience. Samuel Johnson
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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. George Bernard Shaw

No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious. George Bernard Shaw

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. George Bernard Shaw

What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering. George Bernard Shaw
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