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• Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined.
  That is why men are more interested in better justifying themselves than in better behaving themselves....
• It is better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot. -- Anatole France
• Learn the wisdom of compromise, for it is better to bend a little than to break. -- Jane Well
• One big pile is better than two little piles. -- Arlo Guthrie
• It is a great help for a man to be in love with himself.
  For an actor, however, it is absolutely essential. -- Robert Morley...
• It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean.
• Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.
  -- Cyril Connolly...
• CONSOLATION, n. The knowledge that a better man is more unfortunate than yourself.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...