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It is always a delicate matter, when a friend or acquaintance becomes president.

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Some have deplored Lincoln’s indifference to Christianity. But it was not religion, it was religiosity that put him off.
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Difference Himself Religion
It is always a delicate matter, when a friend or acquaintance becomes president.
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Delicate Friendship President
Until the rise of American advertising, it never occurred to anyone anywhere in the world that the teenager was a captive in a hostile world of adults.
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Adult Advertise Captive Rise World
The truth about Pearl Harbour is obscured to this day. But it has been much studied.
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Day Study Truth Unknown
Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.
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Death Friendship Myself Success
The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.
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Beautiful Language Ourselves Word
Policemen are seldom tried for their crimes, or indeed, held responsible for what they do, which disturbs the peace and causes distress among the orderly.
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Crime Disturb Order Peace Police Responsibility
Americans, in general, are ignorant, bigoted, and deeply unhappy with their declining incomes.
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Decline Ignorance Income Sadness
He who is last had best laugh.
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End Himself Laughter
Think of the earth as a living organism that is being attacked by billions of bacteria whose numbers double every forty years. Either the host dies, or the virus dies, or both die.
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Attack Death Earth Ourselves Thinking
A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.
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Better Narcissism Yourself
My father had lifelong contempt for politicians.
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Father Life Myself Politics
There is only one party in the United States: the Property party… and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat.
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Democracy Party Politics Republic
Everything’s wrong on Wikipedia.
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Wikipedia Wrong
Gossip is conversation about people.
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Conversation Gossip People
Envy is the central fact of American life.
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Central Fact Life

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