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Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well...
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The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because...
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Talent is like a faucet while it is open, you have to write. Inspiration...
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My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in...
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The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.
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Heaven goes by favour. If it went by merit, you would stay out and...
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To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he...
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Human speech is a cracked cauldron on which we knock out tunes for dancing...
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The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then...
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Look to this day For it is life, the very life of life. For...