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The capacity to suffer varies more than anything that I have observed in human nature.

Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.

From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war.

He could not see a belt without hitting below it.

He's very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head.

What a pity, when Christopher Columbus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it.

He has a brilliant mind until he makes it up.

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.

It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.

It is always dangerous to generalize, but the American people, while infinitely generous, are a hard and strong race and, but for the few cemeteries I have seen, I am inclined to think they never die.

She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.

His modesty amounts to deformity.

Lord Birkenhead is very clever but sometimes his brains go to his head.