There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say.
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A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he set out, will have condemned himself to second-hand thoughts and to second-rate friends.
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Green leaves on a dead tree is our epitaph -- green leaves, dear reader, on a dead tree.
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