Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.

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Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.

Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.

Confess your sins to the Lord, and you will be forgiven; confess them to men,...

Confess your sins to the Lord, and you will be forgiven; confess them to men,...

The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so...

The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so...

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly...

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly...

Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as...

Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as...

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could...

If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could...

Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.

Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.

When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice...

When a man comes to me for advice, I find out the kind of advice...

Love iz like the meazles; we kant have it bad but onst, and the later...

Love iz like the meazles; we kant have it bad but onst, and the later...

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing...

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing...

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

Live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so.

Live within your income, even if you have to borrow money to do so.

Life consists not in holding good cards, but in playing those you hold well.

Life consists not in holding good cards, but in playing those you hold well.

I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home...

I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home...

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the...

If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the...

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at...

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at...

When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it...

When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it...