Josh Billings said, It is not only the most difficult thing to know oneself, but the most inconvenient one, too. Human beings have always employed an enormous variety of clever devices for running away from themselves, and the modern world is particularly rich in such stratagems.
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It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.
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About the only difference between the poor and the rich, is this, the poor suffer misery, while the rich have to enjoy it.
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A man running for office puts me in mind of a dog that's lost--he smells everybody he meets, and wags himself all over.
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Saturated In a Marination
'It's a devastating thing...
For one who chooses to think,
And surrounded by mindless human beings! '
Ignorance for what it is,
Is a most difficult thing...
For one to overcome!
Not everyone can resist this pull.
Not all are prone,
To sit alone in isolation.
To satisfy a thinking sensation!
'It's a devastating thing...
For one who chooses to think,
And surrounded by mindless human beings! '
And that's what it takes,
To break from the commonness of it!
Ignorance can be comforting.
Especially when so many,
Have been bred and born to feed on it.
Saturated in a marination...
Seeped with ingredients,
That produce clowns to fool around.
Displaying condoned qualities of misfits.
'It's a devastating thing...
For one who chooses to think,
And surrounded by mindless human beings! '
Is it an illness...
Ever to be cured?
And chased away from its endurance?
Ever to be blocked and knock out...
Never to regain a need for it to remain unchanged?
'It's a devastating thing...
For one who chooses to think,
And surrounded by mindless human beings! '
Ignorance can not be that deep of an affliction!
Why is it so craved?
Why is it chosen...
To wallow in and stay?
'It's a devastating thing...
For one who chooses to think,
And surrounded by mindless human beings! '
Wanting to comprehend and understand...
May today be the most dangerous weapon.
For inquisitive children.
Or thoughtful women.
Or the deeds of a concerned,
And caring man!
Even when this is done,
It is best not to be seen.
By anyone!
On any surfaced scene.
Where they will be demeaned.
Avoiding suspicion,
Should be the condition...
Of one who chooses to connect with thought.
Selecting that as an escape.
An undercover mission!
'It's a devastating thing...
For one who chooses to think,
And surrounded by mindless human beings! '
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Every man has his follies -- and often they are the most interesting thing he had got.
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Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.
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A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.
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Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.
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As a general thing, when a woman wears the pants in a family, she has a good right to them.
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My son, observe the postage stamp! Its usefulness depends upon its ability to stick to one thing until it gets there.
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Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.
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The fools in this world make about as much trouble as the wicked do.
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If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could not even eat hash with any safety.
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Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.
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If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself.
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I haven't got as much money as some folks, but I've got as much impudence as any of them, and that's the next thing to money.
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A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.
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It is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so.
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No one can disgrace us but ourselves.
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I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am most certain of the first time.
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