He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
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Every other enjoyment malice may destroy every other panegyric envy may withhold but no human power can deprive the boaster of his own encomiums.Samuel Johnson
I know not, that by living dissections any discovery has been made by which a single malady is more easily cured.
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All government is ultimately and essentially absolute.
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What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it for folly doesn't deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
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Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the child's rattle, and the old man does not care for the young man's whore.
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Fly fishing may be a very pleasant amusement but angling or float fishing I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at the other.
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