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Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantly is having to accept it.
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Meek wifehood is no part of my profession; I am your friend, but never your possession.
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Men are born with two eyes, but only one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.
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Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.
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Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.
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Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.
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Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
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Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.
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Most men would feel insulted if it were proposed to employ them in throwing stones over a wall, and then in throwing them back, merely that they might earn their wages. But many are no more worthily employed now.
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Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.
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Most of western culture is a distortion of reality. But reality should be distorted; that is, imaginatively amended. The Buddhist acquiescence to nature is neither accurate about nature nor just to human potential.
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Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very young or the very foolish imagine otherwise.
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Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be President, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.
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Mothers always find ways to fit in the work - but then when you're working, you feel that you should be spending time with your children and then when you're with your children, you're thinking about working.
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Mothers always find ways to fit in the work - but then when you're working, you feel that you should be spending time with your children and then when you're with your children, you're thinking about working.
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My son, observe the postage stamp! Its usefulness depends upon its ability to stick to one thing until it gets there.
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No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics, the cause of freedom versus tyranny.
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No more we meet in yonder bowers Absence has made me prone to roving; But older, firmer hearts than ours, Have found monotony in loving.
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No one has it who isn't capable of genuinely liking others, at least at the actual moment of meeting and speaking. Charm is always genuine; it may be superficial but it isn't false.
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Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.
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