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Francis Bacon: Fame is like...

Francis Bacon: Fame is like...

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and...

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Francis Bacon: The virtue of...

Francis Bacon: The virtue of...

The virtue of prosperity is temperance; the value of adversity is fortitude.

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One thing they...

One thing they...

One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are...

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The only reason...

The only reason...

The only reason I would take up jogging is so I could hear heavy breathing again.

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Live so that...

Live so that...

Live so that you can at least get the benefit of the doubt.

Source: In Correct...

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Look out for...

Look out for...

Look out for the people who allow you to do all the talking.

Source: In Webster's...

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Getting talked about...

Getting talked about...

Getting talked about is one of the penalties for being pretty, while being above suspicion is about the only...

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Peace has its...

Peace has its...

Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil.

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Men are not...

Men are not...

Men are not punished for their for sins, but by them.

Source: In

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ADMONITION, n. Gentle...

ADMONITION, n. Gentle...

ADMONITION, n. Gentle reproof, as with a meat-axe. Friendly warning.

Source: The...

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ADOLESCENCE The stage...

ADOLESCENCE The stage...

ADOLESCENCE The stage between puberty and adultery.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...

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ARDOR, n. The...

ARDOR, n. The...

ARDOR, n. The quality that distinguishes love without knowledge.

Source: The...

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ARENA, n. In...

ARENA, n. In...

ARENA, n. In politics, an imaginary rat-pit in which the statesman wrestles with his...

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BATTLE, n. A...

BATTLE, n. A...

BATTLE, n. A method of untying with the teeth of a political knot that would not yield to the...

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COMFORT, n. A...

COMFORT, n. A...

COMFORT, n. A state of mind produced by contemplation of a neighbor's uneasiness.

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So far is...

So far is...

So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two people can be half an hour together, but one...

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What a man...

What a man...

What a man calls his conscience is merely the mental action that follows a sentimental reaction after too much wine or...

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Democracy is only...

Democracy is only...

Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and...

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Progress is the...

Progress is the...

Progress is the process whereby the human race is getting rid of whiskers, the veriform appendix and...

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Remorse is regret...

Remorse is regret...

Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it.

Source:
-- H L Mencken,...

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