"As an example to others, and not..." - Quote by Mark Twain
As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake.
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“When a humorist ventures upon the grave concerns of life he must do his job better than another man or he works harm to his cause.”
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. So many look to eradicate fear from their lives, when that is an impossible task. You can certainly experience moments in absence of fear, however accept that fear will be with you whenever you are in the process of living creatively. The challenge is to go ahead regardless, simply notice the feeling and manage being courageous.”
“Damn the subjunctive. It brings all our writers to shame.”
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“Man can seldom - very, very, seldom - fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too heavy.”
“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.”
“The slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts.”