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In war the...

In war the...

In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.

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-- H L...

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Get together a...

Get together a...

Get together a hundred or two men, however sensible they may be, and you are very likely to have a...

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If pleasure was...

If pleasure was...

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?

Source: The Idler, no....

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I have protracted...

I have protracted...

I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and...

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No money is...

No money is...

No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.

Source:...

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No man but...

No man but...

No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.

Source: Quoted in: James...

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Resolve not to...

Resolve not to...

Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly...

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Nature has given...

Nature has given...

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.

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Ridicule is a...

Ridicule is a...

Ridicule is a kind of gangrene, which if it seizes one part of a character corrupts all the...

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Sir, it is...

Sir, it is...

Sir, it is not so much to be lamented that Old England is lost, as that the Scotch have found...

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EAVESDROP, v.i. Secretly...

EAVESDROP, v.i. Secretly...

EAVESDROP, v.i. Secretly to overhear a catalogue of the crimes and vices of another or...

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EVANGELIST, n. A...

EVANGELIST, n. A...

EVANGELIST, n. A bearer of good tidings, particularly (in a religious sense) such as assure us of our own salvation...

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EXCEPTION, n. A...

EXCEPTION, n. A...

EXCEPTION, n. A thing which takes the liberty to differ from other things of its class, as an honest man, a truthful...

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FICKLENESS, n. The...

FICKLENESS, n. The...

FICKLENESS, n. The iterated satiety of an enterprising affection.

Source: The...

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INK, n. A...

INK, n. A...

INK, n. A villainous compound of tannogallate of iron, gum-arabic, and water, chiefly used to facilitate the infection...

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INDIFFERENT, adj. Imperfectly...

INDIFFERENT, adj. Imperfectly...

INDIFFERENT, adj. Imperfectly sensible to distinctions among things.

Source: The...

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INFALAPSARIAN, n. One...

INFALAPSARIAN, n. One...

INFALAPSARIAN, n. One who ventures to believe that Adam need not have sinned unless he had a mind to -- in opposition...

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The test of...

The test of...

The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man it forms.

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Work while you...

Work while you...

Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted...

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SAINT, n. A...

SAINT, n. A...

SAINT, n. A dead sinner revised and edited.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...

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