In law, nothing is certain but the expense.
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Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud, and vain.Samuel Butler
Friend Ralph, thou hast Outrun the constable at last.
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Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, etc., and the less we think about it the better.
Samuel Butler
All love at first, like generous wine, Ferments and frets until tis fine But when tis settled on the lee, And from th impurer matter free, Becomes the richer still the older, And proves the pleasanter the colder.
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Learning is like a great house that requires a great charge to keep it in repair
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Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.
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