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“In great affairs men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small things they show themselves as they are.”

“To read a book for the first time is to make the acquaintance of a new friend; to read it a second time is to meet an old one.”

“At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable.”

“Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.”

“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.”

“Youth is something very new: twenty years ago no one mentioned it.”

“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.”

“A true man never frets about his place in the world, but just slides into it by the gravitation of his nature, and swings there as easily as a star.”

“Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy.”

“Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.”