There is no bore like a clever bore.
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There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.Samuel Butler
Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so.
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She that with poetry is won Is but a desk to write upon.
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Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.
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An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.
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If he that in the field is slain Be in the bed of honour lain, He that is beaten may be said To lie in honour's truckle-bed.
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