Mark Twain

Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she had laid an asteroid.

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Ambrose Bierce

Famous: Conspicuously miserable.

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Gustave Le Bon

To surrender once to a crowd is to make it aware of its strength and to condemn oneself to surrender eternally.

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Aristotle

To have lots of friends is not to have any

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Abraham Lincoln

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

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Philippe Bouvard

The fact that we confess our sins more on the radio and less in the church seems to indicate that advertising is more attractive than forgiveness.

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José Martí

Men are like the stars ; some shine and others glow in the light they receive

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Guy Bedos

Celebrity, it's not easy to live with. I can't imagine anything worse. Except maybe anonymity.

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