A scholar is like a book written in a dead language. It is not every one that can read in it.
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The dupe of friendship, and the fool of love; have I not reason to hate and to despise myself? Indeed I do; and chiefly for not having hated and despised the world enough.William Hazlitt
A hair in the head is worth two in the brush.
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Rules and models destroy genius and art.
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If a person has no delicacy, he has you in his power.
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The generality of mankind are contented to be estimated by what they possess instead of what they are.
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People do not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but to maintain an opinion for the sake of talking
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