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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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Aristotle: The beginning of...

Aristotle: The beginning of...

The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more ....

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IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient....

IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient....

IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be...

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MUGWUMP, n. In...

MUGWUMP, n. In...

MUGWUMP, n. In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted to the vice of independence. A term of...

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OCEAN, n. A...

OCEAN, n. A...

OCEAN, n. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man -- who has no...

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It was one...

It was one...

It was one of those plays in which the actors, unfortunately, enunciated very clearly.

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One of our...

One of our...

One of our biggest economic problems is overprediction.

Source: Reader's Digest,...

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Sir, that all...

Sir, that all...

Sir, that all who are happy, are equally happy, is not true. A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied, but...

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Pleasure is very...

Pleasure is very...

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought; our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected...

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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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The joy of...

The joy of...

The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be renewed by intervals of...

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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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The trade of...

The trade of...

The trade of advertising is now so near perfection that it is not easy to propose any...

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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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The mind is...

The mind is...

The mind is refrigerated by interruption; the thoughts are diverted from the principle subject; the reader is weary,...

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There may be...

There may be...

There may be other reasons for a man's not speaking in publick than want of resolution: he may have nothing to...

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This mournful truth...

This mournful truth...

This mournful truth is ev'rywhere confessed,
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.


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Their learning is...

Their learning is...

Their learning is like bread in a besieged town: every man gets a little, but no man gets a full...

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The two great...

The two great...

The two great movers of the human mind are the desire for good, and the fear of evil.

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We are inclined...

We are inclined...

We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.

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