Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.
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The aristocrat is the democrat ripe, and gone to seed.
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Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
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Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbors creed has lent. All are needed by each one Nothing is fair or good alone.
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Stay at home in your mind. Don't recite other people's opinions. I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.
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