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/ page 1099 of 1205 /The glorious uncertainty of the law was a thing well known and complained of, by all ignorant people, but all learned gentleman considered it as its greatest excellency.
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There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.
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There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature.
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The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed.
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I open with a clock striking, to beget an awful attention in the audience - it also marks the time, which is four o clock in the morning, and saves a description of the rising sun, and a great deal about gilding the eastern hemisphere.
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Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature.
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Death's a debt; his mandamus binds all alike- no bail, no demurrer.
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For if there is anything to one's praise, it is foolish vanity to be gratified at it, and if it is abuse - why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned good-natured friend or another!
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To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief.
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That old man dies prematurely whose memory records no benefits conferred. They only have lived long who have lived virtuously.
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Remember that when you meet your antagonist, to do everything in a mild agreeable manner. Let your courage be keen, but, at the same time, as polished as your sword.
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Do thou snatch treasures from my lips, and I'll take kingdoms back from thine.
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Ay, ay, the best terms will grow obsolete: damns have had their day.
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Those that vow the most are the least sincere.
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I mean, the question actors most often get asked is how they can bear saying the same things over and over again, night after night, but God knows the answer to that is, don't we all anyway; might as well get paid for it.
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There are chapters in every life which are seldom read and certainly not aloud.
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Words are our life. We are human because we use language. So I think we are less human when we use less language.
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I'm concerned about the unknowability of other people.
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Death calls ye to the crowd of common men.
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There is no armor against fate.
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