I do not believe in any religion, I will have nothing to do with immortality. We are miserable enough in this life without speculating upon another.

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They never fail who die in a great cause.

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Happiness was born a twin.

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The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.

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Always laugh when you can; it is cheap medicine. Merriment is a philosophy not well understood. It is the sunny side of existence.

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They used to say that knowledge is power. I used to think so, but I know now they mean money.

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When people say, "I've told you fifty times," They mean to scold, and very often do; When poets say, "I've written fifty rhymes," They make you dread that they'll recite them too; In gangs of fifty, thieves commit their crimes; At fifty love for love is rare, 't is true, but then, no doubt, it equally as true is, a good deal may be bought for fifty Louis.

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If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.

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Whatsoever thy birth, Thou wert a beautiful thought, and softly bodied forth.

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The devil was the first democrat

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