It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.
Mark Twain
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- Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
- Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
- Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.
- Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
- When angry, count to four when very angry, swear.