It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper judge of it
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When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.
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She is a peacock in everything but beauty.
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Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated the age in which people are so industrious that they become absolutely stupid.
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