A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.
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If to be interesting is to be uncommonplace, it is becoming a question, with me, if there are any commonplace people.
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Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.
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I admire the serene assurance of those who have religious faith. It is wonderful to observe the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces.
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Except a creature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave it is merely a loose application of the word. Consider the flea -- incomparably the bravest of all the creatures of God, if ignorance of fear were courage.
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