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The telephone is the greatest nuisance among conveniences, the greatest convenience among nuisances.
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Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible.
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When a dog bites a man that is not news, but when a man...
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The wit of a graduate student is like champagne. Canadian champagne.
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Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals...
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The big thieves hang the little ones.
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If everything’s under control, you’re going too slow.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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Desires are the pulses of the soul; as physicians judge by the appetite, so...
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People who want to understand democracy should spend less time in the library with...