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Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

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Happiness is the china shop love is the bull.

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You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.

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The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

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An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it makes a better soup.

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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. No one in this world, so far as I know — and I have researched the records for years, and employed …

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In the present case it is a little inaccurate to say I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible …

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We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.

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Explanations exist; they have existed for all time; there is always a well-known solution to every human problem — neat, plausible, and wrong.

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Truth would quickly cease to be stranger than fiction, once we got as used to it.

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Hint 1 meaning

A soft mineral of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, usually occurring in foliated masses. It is hydrous silicate of magnesia. Steatite, or soapstone, is a compact granular variety.

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