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The Third-rate Mind Is Only Happy When It Is Thinking With The Majority. The Second-rate Mind Is Only Happy When It Is Thinking With The Minority. The First-rate Mind Is Only Happy When It Is Thinking.

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So - Here I Am In The Dark Alone, There's Nobody Here To See; I Think To Myself, I Play To Myself, And Nobody Knows What I Say To Myself; Here I Am In The Dark Alone, What Is It Going To Be? I Can Think Whatever I Like To Think, I Can Play Whatever I Like To Play, I Can Laugh Whatever I Like To Laugh, There's Nobody Here But Me.

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You Will Be Better Advised To Watch What We Do Instead Of What We Say.

Brains First And Then Hard Work.

No Doubt Jack The Ripper Excused Himself On The Grounds That It Was Human Nature.

Something Feels Funny. I Must Be Thinking Too Hard.

Time For A Little Something.

Think It Over, Think It Under.

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When You See Someone Putting On His Big Boots, You Can Be Pretty Sure That An Adventure Is Going To Happen.

I Don’t Feel Very Much Like Pooh Today," Said Pooh. "there There," Said Piglet. "i’ll Bring You Tea And Honey Until You Do.

I Suppose That By This Time They Had Finished Their Dressing. Roger Scurvilegs Tells Us Nothing On Such Important Matters; No Doubt From Modesty. "next Morning They Rose," He Says, And Disappoints Us Of A Picture Of Udo Brushing His Hair.

But Piglet Is So Small That He Slips Into A Pocket, Where It Is Very Comfortable To Feel Him When You Are Not Quite Sure Whether Twice Seven Is Twelve Or Twenty-two.

Turn Around, Piglet. Step Lightly, Pooh. This Silly Ol' Dance Is Perfect For Two.

And The Only Reason For Making Honey Is So As I Can Eat It.

A Day Without A Friend Is Like A Pot Without A Single Drop Of Honey Left Inside.

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I'm Not Lost For I Know Where I Am. But However, Where I Am May Be Lost.

I Do Remember, And Then When I Try To Remember, I Forget.

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Sometimes I Sits And Thinks, And Sometimes I Just Sits.

If One Is To Be Called A Liar, One May As Well Make An Effort To Deserve The Name.

Eeyore, The Old Grey Donkey, Stood By The Side Of The Stream And Looked At Himself In The Water. "pathetic," He Said. "that's What It Is. Pathetic."

Pooh Hasn't Much Brain, But He Never Comes To Any Harm. He Does Silly Things And They Turn Out Right. There's Owl. Owl Hasn't Exactly Got Brain, But He Knows Things. He Would Know The Right Thing To Do When Surrounded By Water. There's Rabbit. He Hasn't Learnt In Books, But He Can Always Think Of A Clever Plan. There's Kanga. She Isn't Clever, Kanga Isn't, But She Would Be So Anxious About Roo That She Would Do A Good Thing To Do Without Thinking About It. And Then There's Eeyore. And Eeyore Is So Miserable Anyhow That He Wouldn't Mind About This.

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