"The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet."

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“I assisted at the birth of that most significant word "flirtation," which dropped from the most beautiful mouth in the world.”

“I really know nothing more criminal, more mean, and more ridiculous than lying. It is the production either of malice, cowardice, or vanity; and generally misses of its aim in every one of these views; for lies are always detected, sooner or later.”

“Sacrifice to the Graces.”

“Take the tone of the company you are in.”

“There is time enough for everything, in the course of the day, if you do but one thing at once; but there is not time enough in the year, if you will do two things at a time.”

“People will no more advance their civility to a bear, than their money to a bankrupt.”

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"The struggle between the opponents and defenders of capitalism is a struggle between innovators who do not know what innovation to make and conservatives who do not know what to conserve."

— Simone Weil

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"He lived, therefore he learned."

— Lois McMaster Bujold

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"But if everybody's watching, you know, all of the back room discussions and the deals, you know, then people get a little nervous, to say the least. So, you need both a public and a private position."

— Hillary Clinton

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