Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.
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Society can exist only on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no one says exactly what he thinks.
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Today we are afraid of simple words like goodness and mercy and kindness. We don't believe in the good old words because we don't believe in good old values anymore. And that's why the world is sick.
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This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought.
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If a man be sensible and one fine morning, while he is lying in bed, count at the tips of his fingers how many things in this life truly will give him enjoyment, invariably he will find food is the first one.
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A good traveller is one who does not know where he is going to, and a perfect traveller does not know where he came from.
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