The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie.
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He therefore was at strenuous pains To atrophy his puny brains And registered success in this Beyond the dreams of avarice Till when he had at last become Blind, paralytic, deaf and dumb Insensible and cretinous He was admitted ONE O.
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I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.
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And mothers of large families (who claim common sense) will find a Tiger well repay the trouble and expense.
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Be at the pains of putting down every single item of expenditure whatsoever every day which could possibly be twisted into a professional expense and remember to lump in all the doubtfuls.
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The Devil, having nothing else to do Went off to tempt my Lady Poltagrue. My Lady, tempted by a private whim, To his extreme annoyance, tempted him.
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