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“... what you try to bury just ends up burying you.”
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“Never, never, never let yourself feel that anybody ought to do anything for you. Once you become a duty you also become a nuisance.”
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“The strength you've insisted on assigning to others is actually within yourself.”
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“We should not think of conversion as the acceptance of a particular creed, but as a change of heart. ”
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“Take care! the moment you are different from the rest of the world, everybody is surprised, and the surprise of other people is curiosity, and curiosity is capable of cruelly audacious dealing.”
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“... affectation hath always had a greater share both in the action and discourse of men than truth and judgment have ...”
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“... when you are young you are surprised if everything isn't a success, and when you get older you're mildly surprised if anything is.”
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“... there is nothing so lowering to one's self-esteem as the affectionate contempt of a beloved cat.”