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People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced.
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People of humor are always in some degree people of genius.
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Perhaps man is the only being that can properly be called idle.
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Perseverance gives power to weakness, and opens to poverty the world's wealth. It spreads fertility over the barren landscape, and buds the choicest flowers and fruits spring up and flourish in the desert abode of thorns and briars.
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Personally I have no bone to pick with graveyards, I take the air there willingly, perhaps more willingly than elsewhere, when take the air I must.
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Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.
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Plagiarists are always suspicious of being stolen from.
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Players, Sir! I look on them as no better than creatures set upon tables and joint stools to make faces and produce laughter, like dancing dogs.
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Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.
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Pleasure that is obtained by unreasonable and unsuitable cost, must always end in pain.
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Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world. With this sole view do men engage in politics, and their whole conduct proceeds upon it.
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Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of many people to conceal their neediness from others. Consequently they support themselves by temporary means, and everyday is lost in contriving for tomorrow.
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Power remains strong when it remains in the dark; exposed to the sunlight it begins to evaporate.
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Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.
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Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home.
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Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.
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Probably nothing in the world arouses more false hopes Than the first four hours of a diet.
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Progress however, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step.
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Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.
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