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The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts, but learning how to make facts live.

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Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.

Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.

Memories imagination old sentiments and associations are more readily reached through the sense of

Memories, imagination, old sentiments and associations, are more readily reached through the sense of smell than through any other channel.

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old.

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old.

A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an angel any day.

A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an angel any day.

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    Experience, travel – these are as education in themselves.

    Experience, travel – these are as education in themselves.

    You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.

    You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.

    Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society.

    Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society.

    The biggest seller is cookbooks and the second is diet books – how not to eat what you’ve just learned how to cook.

    The biggest seller is cookbooks, and the second is diet books – how not to eat what you’ve just learned how to cook.

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