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Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.

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An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.

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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

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It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.

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The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.

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A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.

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I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures and don't want to meet them.

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We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.

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Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

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The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: September 12th, 1880

Died: January 29th, 1956

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