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Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.

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He scratched his ear, the infallible resource to which embarrassed people have recourse.

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O Fame! if I e'er took delight in thy praises, 'Twas less for the sake of thy high-sounding phrases, Than to see the bright eyes of the dear one discover The thought that I was not unworthy to love her.

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I have always laid it down as a maxim -and found it justified by experience -that a man and a woman make far better friendships than can exist between two of the same sex -but then with the condition that they never have made or are to make love to each other.

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Who tracks the steps of glory to the grave?

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This man is freed from servile bands, Of hope to rise, or fear to fall; Lord of himself, though not of lands, And leaving nothing, yet hath all.

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Your letter of excuses has arrived. I receive the letter but do not admit the excuses except in courtesy, as when a man treads on your toes and begs your pardon - the pardon is granted, but the joint aches, especially if there is a corn upon it.

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Prolonged endurance tames the bold.

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But words are things, and a small drop of ink,Falling like dew, upon a thought, producesThat which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.

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As falls the dew on quenchless sands, blood only serves to wash ambition's hands.

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Let these describe the indescribable.

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A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands.

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This sort of adoration of the real is but a heightening of the beau ideal.

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Adversity is the first path to truth.

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My turn of mind is so given to taking things in the absurd point of view, that it breaks out in spite of me every now and then.

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Alas! how deeply painful is all payment!

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Fame is the thirst of youth.

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There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion.

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Where there is mystery, it is generally suspected there must also be evil.

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'Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.

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