I was once thrown out of a mental hospital for depressing other patients.
We all have those things that help us carry on through life. It is important that these things upon which we depend for daily strength are healthy for our character rather than harmful. We must ask ou...
I have too much respect for the truth to drag it out on every trifling occasion.
That's why we make enemies of our friends as soon as they start to drift, he thought, cos that way they get stuck with all our flaws, unlike when they're shared. Maybe brief friendships are best. If y...
Deep down I'm really shallow.
To love a woman for her virtues is meaningless. She's earned it, it's a payment, not a gift. But to love her for her vices is a real gift, unearned and undeserved. To love her for her vices is to defi...
No man can cause more grief than the one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancesters.
She's not moody. She's just known for her versatility of emotions.
You can't act like a skunk without someone's getting wind of it.
He could sell the Pope on financing a Mormon tabernacle.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.
No one can have a higher opinion of him than I have - and I think he's a dirty little beast.
Well-adjusted means you can make the same mistakes over and over again and keep smiling.
I'm not at all stuck up . . . although judging from those around me I have every right to be.
We never like the smell of our own vices in other people, Holmes. Ah, let's steer here for a drink or two, Lowell suggested.
Yet, for my part, I was never usually squeamish; I could sometimes eat a fried rat with a good relish, if it were necessary. I am glad to have drunk water so long, for the same reason that I prefer th...
True sense of humour and true, deep happiness never depend on the after effects of destructive vices
The ability to sin differs among people. For example a short-armed fisherman isn't as big a liar as a long-armed one.
My mother said "You won't amount to anything because you procrastinate." I said "Just wait."
Horse sense is what keeps horses from betting on what people will do.
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