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A novel that does not uncover a hitherto unknown segment of existence is immoral. Knowledge is the novel's only morality.
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A nun, at best, is only half a woman, just as a priest is only half a man.
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A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results.
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A pat on the back, through only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, is miles ahead in results.
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A person without a shadow should keep out of the sun, that is the only safe and rational plan.
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A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically.
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A president and a party that can provide insurance for 31 million more Americans is far preferable to most voters than a party that only says, 'No.'
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A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.
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A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if presented only as a system of metaphysics. Buddhism owed its success to its catholic spirit and its beautiful morality.
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A schedule so tight that it would only work if I didn't sleep on Monday nights.
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A schedule so tight that it would only work if I didn't sleep on Monday nights.
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A schoolteacher or professor cannot educate individuals, he educates only species.
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A screen actor is compensated in the knowledge that millions will see his performance at one time, where only hundreds will see it on the stage.
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A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is.... A man who gives in to temptation after five minutes simply does not know what it would have been like an hour later. That is why bad people, in one sense, know very little about badness. They have lived a sheltered life by always giving in.
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A Socialist United States of Europe seems to me the only worth-while political objective today.
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A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.
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A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.
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A sweeping statement is the only statement worth listening to. The critic without faith gives balanced opinions, usually about second-rate writers.
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A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
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