Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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It is very vulgar to talk like a dentist when one isn't a dentist. It produced a false impression.
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No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some terror in their hearts tells them is not true.
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