"To refuse awards is another way of..." - Quote by Mark Twain
To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.
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“Out of the unconscious lips of babes and sucklings are we satirized.”
“I persuaded him to throw the dirk away; and it was as easy as persuading a child to give up some bright fresh new way of killing itself.”
“It's my opinion that every one I know has morals, though I wouldn't like to ask. I know I have. But I'd rather teach them than practice them any day. "Give them to others"-that's my motto.”
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“You must make a daily effort to look upon others without condemnation. Every judgment takes you away from your goal of peace. Your ego loves your judgments, because with them you remain in a constant state of anguish and remorse. Keep in mind that you do not define anyone with your judgment; you only define yourself as someone who needs to be judged.”
“Most men are so thoroughly subjective that nothing really interests them but themselves.”
“We love flattery, even though we are not deceived by it, because it shows that we are of importance enough to be courted.”