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know least. 44 From all enemies and most friends, good Lord, deliver us! 45 Everything comes to the man who waits but that is no inducement to wait-- for no man wants everything. He usually wants one thing in particular-- just that one which he never gets, no matter how long he waits. 46 When a man has drained the dregs of the bitterness of life, hope and fear no longer exist in him, only indifference which produces stupefaction. 47 Forbidden fruit has no attraction until we know that it is forbidden. 48 A man can be judged from the theatres he frequents and the ladies who accompany him there. 49 Criticism grows faint in the presence of successful achievement. 50-51 A man may confess that his judgment was at fault, but never that his intentions were other than strictly honorable. 52 Our last match never ignites except when we are sure it will not, and are prepared for the worst. 53 It is impossible to serve two masters, and few of us try. We are satisfied to praise God from whom all blessings flow while we cash the checks of Mammon. 54 Our own success is due to our indomitable energy and other deserving traits; that of others largely to blind luck. With our energy and the good luck of others what could we not achieve! 55 The trouble with most reformers that they waste their time and energy trying to reform somebody else. 56 We are convinced in our own minds that every man deserves what he gets; but, judging from ourselves, not every one gets what he deserves. 57 If we saw ourselves as others see us we should not believe our own eyes; but we should have a still lower opinion of the rest of the world than we now have. 58 When we care we usually don't dare; when we dare we don't often care. 59 What sounds so sweet as the human voice--to the one who is doing the talking! 60 Words may be mere wind, but then so is a tornado. 61 Laugh, and the world laughs with you; cry, and the world laughs at you. 62 A proverbial expression is often a crystallized lie which we should like to believe. 63 Because everything is for the best it does not follow that it is for our best. 64 It is easier to moralize than to be moral. 65 The difference between an actress on the stage and a woman not on the stage is a matter of here and there. 66 Ignorance is not so surprising, no
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