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Only the weak...

Only the weak...

Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.

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Next to hot...

Next to hot...

Next to hot chicken soup, a tattoo of an anchor on your chest, and penicillin, I consider a honeymoon one of the most...

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Boys will be...

Boys will be...

Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.

Source: In Webster's...

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ALDERMAN, n. An...

ALDERMAN, n. An...

ALDERMAN, n. An ingenious criminal who covers his secret thieving with a pretence of open...

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ARCHBISHOP, n. An...

ARCHBISHOP, n. An...

ARCHBISHOP, n. An ecclesiastical dignitary one point holier than a bishop.

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ARTLESSNESS, n. A...

ARTLESSNESS, n. A...

ARTLESSNESS, n. A certain engaging quality to which women attain by long study and severe practice upon the admiring...

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CONTEMPT, n. The...

CONTEMPT, n. The...

CONTEMPT, n. The feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable safely to be...

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If the man...

If the man...

If the man who turnips cries,
Cry not when his father dies,
'Tis a proof that he had rather
Have a turnip...

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Life must be...

Life must be...

Life must be filled up, and the man who is not capable of intellectual pleasures must content himself with such as his...

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Money and time...

Money and time...

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and. . . the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of...

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Madam, before you...

Madam, before you...

Madam, before you flatter a man so grossly to his face, you should consider whether or not your flattery is worth his...

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Promise, large promise,...

Promise, large promise,...

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.

Source: The Idler, in...

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Pride is seldom...

Pride is seldom...

Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.

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Here, indeed, was...

Here, indeed, was...

Here, indeed, was his one really notable talent. He slept more than any other President, whether by day or by night. ....

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The only sensual...

The only sensual...

The only sensual pleasure without vice.

Source: Referring to music. Johnsonian...

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There are few...

There are few...

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the...

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Bachelors know more...

Bachelors know more...

Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't, they'd be married too.

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Love is the...

Love is the...

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

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-- H L Mencken,...

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The capacity of...

The capacity of...

The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other...

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Francis Bacon: Champagne for my...

Francis Bacon: Champagne for my...

Champagne for my sham friends; real pain for my real friends.

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