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It is the...

It is the...

It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull.

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A cynic is...

A cynic is...

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

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We are here...

We are here...

We are here and it is now. Further than that, all knowledge is moonshine.

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Nine times out...

Nine times out...

Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to...

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Penetrating so many...

Penetrating so many...

Penetrating so many secrets, we cease to believe in the unknowable. But there it sits nevertheless, calmly licking its...

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The chief value...

The chief value...

The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is...

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Time stays, we...

Time stays, we...

Time stays, we go.

Source: In

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Football strategy does...

Football strategy does...

Football strategy does not originate in a scrimmage: it is useless to expect solutions in a political...

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In a free...

In a free...

In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct...

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Society can only...

Society can only...

Society can only exist on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no-one says exactly what he...

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The disesteem into...

The disesteem into...

The disesteem into which moralists have fallen is due at bottom to their failure to see that in an age like this one...

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The tendency of...

The tendency of...

The tendency of the casual mind is to pick out or stumble upon a sample which supports or defies its prejudices, and...

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There is nothing...

There is nothing...

There is nothing so bad that it cannot masquerade as moral.

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A very unclubable...

A very unclubable...

A very unclubable man.

Source: Referring to Sir John Hawkins. Life of Johnson, (J....

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All censure of...

All censure of...

All censure of a man's self is oblique praise. It is in order to shew how much he can...

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Claret is the...

Claret is the...

Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink...

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I am not...

I am not...

I am not yet so lost in lexicography, as to forget that words are the daughters of earth, and that things are the sons...

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If Los Angeles...

If Los Angeles...

If Los Angeles is not the one authentic rectum of civilization, then I am no anatomist. Any time you want to go out...

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Man weeps to...

Man weeps to...

Man weeps to think that he will die so soon; woman, that she was born so long ago.

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The one permanent...

The one permanent...

The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear -- fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he...

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