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Altruism and Cynicism
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A rumor without a leg to stand on will get around some other way.
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Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.
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Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
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I am prepared to meet anyone, but whether anyone is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
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Man is the only animal that blushes — or needs to.
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Never tell the truth to those unworthy of it.
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The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creature that cannot.
Mark Twain, What is Man?, 1906, in Altruism and Cynicism
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A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.
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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it.
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It's not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even starts.
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All humans are hypocrites; the biggest hypocrite of all is the one who claims to detest hypocrisy.
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A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
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I can resist everything except temptation.
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The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
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The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
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Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
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If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.
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Cynics regard everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regard everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.
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A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.
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Beat your own and others will fear you.
Unknown, (Russian proverb), in Altruism and Cynicism
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