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Solitude is dangerous...

Solitude is dangerous...

Solitude is dangerous to reason, without being favourable to virtue. . . . Remember that the solitary mortal is...

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The future is...

The future is...

The future is purchased by the present.

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

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Smoking. . ....

Smoking. . ....

Smoking. . . is a shocking thing, blowing smoke out of our mouths into other people's mouths, eyes and noses, and...

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The most heterogeneous...

The most heterogeneous...

The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together; nature and art are ransacked for illustrations,...

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Sir, let me...

Sir, let me...

Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to...

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There are some...

There are some...

There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that are not good until they are...

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Tomorrow is an...

Tomorrow is an...

Tomorrow is an old deceiver, and his cheat never grows stale.

Source: Letter, 24...

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We love to...

We love to...

We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again...

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There is now...

There is now...

There is now less flogging in our great schools than formerly, but then less is learned there; so that what the boys...

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Virtue is too...

Virtue is too...

Virtue is too often merely local.

Source: The Idler, no. 53, in Universal Chronicle...

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They teach the...

They teach the...

They teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing master.

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To do nothing...

To do nothing...

To do nothing is in every man's power.

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

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What provokes your...

What provokes your...

What provokes your risibility, Sir? Have I said anything that you understand? Then I ask pardon of the rest of the...

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Wine gives a...

Wine gives a...

Wine gives a man nothing. It neither gives him knowledge nor wit; it only animates a man, and enables him to bring out...

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So long as...

So long as...

So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being.

Source:...

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The philosopher is...

The philosopher is...

The philosopher is like a man fasting in the midst of universal intoxication. He alone perceives the illusion of which...

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OLYMPIAN, adj. Relating...

OLYMPIAN, adj. Relating...

OLYMPIAN, adj. Relating to a mountain in Thessaly, once inhabited by gods, now a repository of yellowing newspapers,...

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PANTOMIME, n. A...

PANTOMIME, n. A...

PANTOMIME, n. A play in which the story is told without violence to the language. The least disagreeable form of...

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POKER, n. A...

POKER, n. A...

POKER, n. A game said to be played with cards for some purpose to this lexicographer...

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RITUALISM, n. A...

RITUALISM, n. A...

RITUALISM, n. A Dutch Garden of God where He may walk in rectilinear freedom, keeping off the...

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