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The best teacher of children ... is one who is essentially childlike.

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A man may be a fool and not know it-but not if he is married.

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We must respect the other fellow's religion ... to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful.

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In the long run all battles are lost, and so are all wars.

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I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.

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I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving milk.

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Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule-and both commonly succeed, and are right.

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Wisdom Quote

Before God we are all equally wise-equally foolish.

- Albert Einstein

Funny Quote

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.

- Albert Einstein

Humorous Quote

Creativity is knowing how to hide your sources

- Albert Einstein

Life Quote

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

- Oscar Wilde

Love Quote

One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.

- Paulo Coelho

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