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Some things are so unexpected that no one is prepared for them.

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I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.

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We see things as we are, not as they are.

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Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

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First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.

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I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.

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Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind.

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A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.

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If you are going to do something wrong at least enjoy it.

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Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: April 11th, 1908

Died: February 19th, 1997

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