There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.
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There is no lie that a man will not believe; and there is no man who does not believe many lies; and there is no man who believes only lies.
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In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue.
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