Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have.
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Christ: I dislike him very much. Still, I can stand him. What I cannot stand is the wretched band of people whose profession is to hoodwink us about him.
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Love in your hearts as idly burns As fire in antique Roman urns.
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He ne'er consider'd it, as loth To look a gift-horse in the mouth.
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Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.
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