Have common sense and stick to the point.

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To eat well in England, you should have a breakfast three times a day.

To eat well in England, you should have a breakfast three times a day.

We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others.

We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others.

Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is...

Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is...

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.

We know our friends by their defects rather than their merits.

We know our friends by their defects rather than their merits.

You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're...

You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're...

Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.

Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.

You can do anything in this world if you are prepares to take the consequences.

You can do anything in this world if you are prepares to take the consequences.

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this,...

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this,...

The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.

The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the...

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the...

It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost...

It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost...

The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out...

The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out...

It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.

It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.

The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes.

The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes.

The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.

The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.

It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their...

It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their...

Writing is the supreme solace.

Writing is the supreme solace.