But of all nations in the world the English are perhaps the least a nation of pure philosophers.
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A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.
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Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women who make advances to them.
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Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison.
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The cure for admiring the House of Lords is to go and look at it.
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An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft.
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