Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.

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The rain will stop, the night will end, the hurt will fade. Hope is never so lost that it can't be found.

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You must be prepared to work always without applause.

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I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

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To be successful in writing, use short sentences.

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War is no longer made by simply analyzed economic forces if it ever was. War is made or planned now by individual men, demagogues and dictators who play on the patriotism of their people to mislead them into a belief in the great fallacy of war when all their vaunted reforms have failed to satisfy the people they misrule.

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Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

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Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

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Never mistake motion for action.

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The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

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