The wise man is but a clever infant, spelling letters from a hieroglyphical prophetic book, the lexicon of which lies in eternity.
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Real good breeding, as the people have it here, is one of the finest things now going in the world. The careful avoidance of all discussion, the swift hopping from topic to topic, does not agree with me. . .
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By nature man hates change seldom will he quit his old home till it has actually fallen around his ears.
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The man of life upright has a guiltless heart, free from all dishonest deeds or thought of vanity.
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I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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