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By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing that she made him so happy as a married man, that he wishes to be so a second time.
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Cares that have entered once in the breast, will have whole possession of the rest.
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Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.
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Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
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Count on it, if a person talks of their misfortune, there is something in it that is not disagreeable to them.
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Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue, that it is always respected, even when it is associated with vice.
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Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense.
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Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well.
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Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair, the midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar; invades the sacred hour of silent rest and leaves, unseen, a dagger in your breast.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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Dark forces dragged me away from the keyboard, swirling forces of irresistible intensity and power.
A wise guy playing the fool to win, Sunday Times, 16 July 2000, p. 17. -
Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him.
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Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to be quite true.
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Difficult do you call it, Sir? I wish it were impossible.
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