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Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind.
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So many belonging to me lay buried in Kilbarrack, the healthiest graveyard in Ireland, they said, because it was so near the sea.
Borstal Boy pt. 3 (1958) -
Sometimes too much drink is barely enough.
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Stately Pines, But few more years around the promontory Your chant will meet the thunders of the sea.
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Such is the human race. Often it does seem such a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.
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Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.
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Switzerland is simply a large, lumpy, solid rock with a thin skin of grass stretched over it.
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Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to death's perfect punctuation mark is a smile.
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Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance.
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That's what an army is - a mob; they don't fight with courage that's born in them, but with courage that's borrowed from their mass, and from their officers.
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The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.
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The banging and slamming and booming and crashing were something beyond belief. [On Lohengrin]
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The best thing I know between France and England is the sea.
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The best way to cheer yourself up is to try someone else to cheer.
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The Bible has noble poetry in it; and some clever fables; and some blood-drenched history; and a wealth of obscenity; and upwards of a thousand lies.
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The Bible is God's chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.
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The blues is a mighty long road. Or it could be a river, one that twists and turns and flows into a sea of limitless musical potential.
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The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
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The burning of rebellious thoughts in the little breast, of internal hatred and opposition, could not long go on without slight whiffs of external smoke, such as mark the course of subterranean fire.
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The cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon a hot stove lid again. But he won't sit upon a cold stove lid, either.
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