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As a beauty I'm not a great star. Others are handsomer far, but my face -- I don't mind it because I'm behind it, it the folks out in front that I jar.

It has to be displayed, this face, on a more or less horizontal plane. Imagine a man wearing a mask, and imagine that the elastic which holds the mask on has just broken, so that the man has to tilt his head back and balance the mask on his real face. This is the kind of tyranny which Lawson's face exerts over the rest of his body as he cruises along the corridors. He doesn't look down his nose at you, he looks along his nose.

It is not the facts which guide the conduct of men, but their opinions about facts, which may be entirely wrong. We can only make them right by discussion.

Every fool finds a greater one to admire them.

Foolproof systems do not take into account the ingenuity of fools.

No one but a fool would measure their satisfaction by what the world thinks of it.

Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be well.

Many people believe that humility is the opposite of pride, when, in fact, it is a point of equilibrium. The opposite of pride is actually a lack of self esteem. A humble person is totally different from a person who cannot recognize and appreciate himself as part of this worlds marvels.

My importance to the world is relatively small. On the other hand, my importance to myself is tremendous. I am all I have to work with, to play with, to suffer and to enjoy. It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of, but of my own. I do not intend to let myself down more than I can possibly help, and I find that the fewer illusions I have about myself or the world around me, the better company I am for myself.

Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted.

To me the charm of an encyclopedia is that it knows and I needn't.

Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much, wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

It's a dangerous thing to think we know everything.

The man who graduates today and stops learning tomorrow is uneducated the day after.

Learning how to learn is life's most important skill.

It seems that we learn lessons when we least expect them but always when we need them the most, and, the true gift in these lessons always lies in the learning process itself.

Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.

Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities.

The much vaunted male logic isn't logical, because they display prejudices -- against half the human race -- that are considered prejudices according to any dictionary definition.

The cure for admiring the house of lords is to go and look at it.