The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
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Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
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Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects.
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Man is made for something better than disturbing dirt.
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Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.
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