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One must do violence to the object of one’s desire when it surrenders, the...
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Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.
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Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists...
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It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline....
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It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves...
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It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the...
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He is ill clothed that is bare of virtue.
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When you cannot get a compliment any other way pay yourself one.
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It’s very hard to take yourself too seriously when you look at the world...
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The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world;...