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You won't skid...

You won't skid...

You won't skid if you stay in a rut.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....

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COENOBITE, n. A...

COENOBITE, n. A...

COENOBITE, n. A man who piously shuts himself up to meditate upon the sin of wickedness; and to keep it fresh in his...

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DEBAUCHEE, n. One...

DEBAUCHEE, n. One...

DEBAUCHEE, n. One who has so earnestly pursued pleasure that he has had the misfortune to overtake...

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A metaphysician is...

A metaphysician is...

A metaphysician is one who, when you remark that twice two makes four, demands to know what you mean by twice, what by...

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The urge to...

The urge to...

The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false face for the urge to rule it.

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The truly civilized...

The truly civilized...

The truly civilized man is always skeptical and tolerant. . . . His culture is based on 'I'm not too...

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I gleaned jests...

I gleaned jests...

I gleaned jests at home from obsolete farces.

Source: Rambler, no. 141 (London, 23...

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If I had...

If I had...

If I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post-chaise with a...

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LEXICOGRAPHER: a writer...

LEXICOGRAPHER: a writer...

LEXICOGRAPHER: a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge, that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing...

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No man was...

No man was...

No man was ever great by imitation.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....

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Read over your...

Read over your...

Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it...

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Sir, I have...

Sir, I have...

Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.

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Sir, I look...

Sir, I look...

Sir, I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance.

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Sir, he throws...

Sir, he throws...

Sir, he throws away his money without thought and without merit. I do not call a tree generous that sheds its fruit at...

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Let a human...

Let a human...

Let a human being throw the energies of his soul into the making of something, and the instinct of workmanship will...

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For happiness one...

For happiness one...

For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of...

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It is easier...

It is easier...

It is easier to keep half a dozen lovers guessing than to keep one lover after he has stopped...

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Philosophy consists very...

Philosophy consists very...

Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all others are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I...

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The law is...

The law is...

The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the...

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Robert Burton: They are proud...

Robert Burton: They are proud...

They are proud in humility, proud that they are not proud.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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