Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.
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Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.Samuel Butler
In law, nothing is certain but the expense.
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Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure.
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But Hudibras gave him a twitch As quick as lightning in the breech, Just in the place where honour 's lodg'd, As wise philosophers have judg'd Because a kick in that part more Hurts honour than deep wounds before.
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Everyone should keep a mental wastepaper basket, and the older he grows, the more things will he promptly consign to it.
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And bid the devil take the hin'most.
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