In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice; because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid to my charge.
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The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it.
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Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various facets of them.
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Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.
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Good manners are the settled medium of social, as specie is of commercial, life returns are equally expected for both
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Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable.
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