Wit, by itself, is of little account. It becomes a moment only when grounded on wisdom.
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Heaven for climate, hell for society.
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More than once I had seen a noble who had gotten his enemy at a disadvantage stop to pray before cutting his throat.
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We are discreet sheep we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove. We have two opinions one private, which we are afraid to express and another one the one we use which we force ourselves to wear to please Mrs. Grundy, until habit makes us comfortable in it, and the custom of defending it presently makes us love it, adore it, and forget how pitifully we came by it. Look at it in politics.
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There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.
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