To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.
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Belief is with them mechanical, voluntary they believe what they are paid for --they swear to that which turns to account. Do you suppose, that after years spent in this manner, they have any feeling left. . .
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The only impeccable writers are those who never wrote.
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Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.
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Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my way across the room.
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