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No living creature is naturally greedy, except from fear of want – or in the case of human beings, from vanity, the notion that you’re better than people if you can display more superfluous property than they can.

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Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.
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Campaign Hold Office
A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.
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Character Enough Face Himself Hold Man
I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.
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Law Myself Protection Reason
I die the king’s faithful servant, but God’s first.
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Death Faith God Myself
A good tale evil told were better untold, and an evil take well told need none other solicitor.
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Evil Goodness Need
Oh! blame not the bard.
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Blame One Liner
And peradventure we have more cause to thank Him for our loss than for our winning; for His wisdom better seeth what is good for us than we do ourselves.
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Loss Ourselves Reason Thankful Win
There are several sorts of religions, not only in different parts of the island, but even in every town; some worshipping the sun, others the moon or one of the planets.
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Moon Planet Religion Several Worship
I’d give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety’s sake.
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Benefit Devil Law Myself Safety
For men use, if they have an evil turn, to write it in marble; and whoso doth us a good turn we write it in dust.
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Goodness Man Writing
The servant may not look to be in better case than his master.
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Better Master Servant
The times are never so bad but that a good man can make shift to live in them.
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Bad Goodness Live Man Time
For when they see the people swarm into the streets, and daily wet to the skin with rain, and yet cannot persuade them to go out of the rain, they do keep themselves within their houses, seeing they cannot remedy the folly of the people.
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Home People Rain Remedy Skin Street
Food is an implement of magic, and only the most coldhearted rationalist could squeeze the juices of life out of it and make it bland. In a true sense, a cookbook is the best source of psychological advice and the kitchen the first choice of room for a therapy of the world.
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Advice Food Life Magic Therapy True World
One man to live in pleasure and wealth, whiles all other weap and smart for it, that is the part not of a king, but of a jailor.
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Deep Live Man Perspective Pleasure Wealth
Lawyers-a profession it is to disguise matters.
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Disguise Law Profession

No living creature is naturally greedy, except from fear of want – or in the case of human beings, from vanity, the notion that you’re better than people if you can display more superfluous property than they can.

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No living creature is naturally greedy, except from fear of want – or in the case of human beings, from vanity, the notion that you’re better than people if you can display more superfluous property than they can.

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