Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.
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A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide.
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With effervescing opinions, the quickest way to let them get flat is to let them get exposed to the air.
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Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds worse.
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I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity.
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