The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, and not like the azure ether beyond.
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The man who does not betake himself at once and desperately to sawing is called a loafer, though he may be knocking at the doors of heaven all the while.
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What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing about the origin and destiny of cats.
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I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give me an opportunity once in a year to speak the truth.
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