Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly  have the laugh on her side.

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There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

A lady's imagination is very rapid, it jumps from admiration to love from love to matrimony in a mo

A lady's imagination is very rapid, it jumps from admiration to love from love to matrimony in a moment

If a book is well written, I always find it too short

If a book is well written, I always find it too short.

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    I only wish that wisdom were the kind of thing that flowed... from the vessel that was full to the one that was empty.

    The beginning of wisdom, as they say. When you're seventeen you know everything. When you're twenty-seven if you still know everything you're still seventeen.

    The beginning of wisdom, as they say. When you're seventeen you know everything. When you're twenty-seven, if you still know everything, you're still seventeen.

    Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way

    Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.

    Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself.

    Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself.

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