That is the consolation of a little mind; you have the fun of changing it without impeding the progress of mankind.
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Averageness is a quality we must put up with. Men march toward civilization in column formation, and by the time the van has learned to admire the masters the rear is drawing reluctantly away from the totem pole.
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A 'new thinker', when studied closely, is merely a man who does not know what other people have thought.
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We do not mind our not arriving anywhere nearly so much as our not having any company on the way.
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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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Many people lose their tempers merely from seeing you keep yours.
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