The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend.
LORD BYRONWhy do they call me misanthrope? Because They hate me, not I them.
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Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.
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We are all the fools of time and terror: Days Steal on us and steal from us; yet we live, Loathing our life, and dreading still to die.
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Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen.
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Man is in part divine, A troubled stream from a pure source.
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Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life.
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One of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no answer.
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A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover – but will sooner or later find a tyrant.
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Eternity forbids thee to forget.
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What a strange thing is man! And what a stranger is woman.
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Damn description, it is always disgusting.
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There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.
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The fact is, riches are power, and poverty is slavery all over the earth, and one sort of establishment is no better, nor worse, for a people than another.
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If I don’t write to empty my mind, I go mad.
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I have imbibed such a love for money that I keep some sequins in a drawer to count, and cry over them once a week.
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Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter, sermons and soda water the day after.
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