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This made me reflect, how vain an attempt it is for a man to endeavor to do himself honor among those who are out of all degree of equality or comparison with him.

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One Liner Perseverance Protection
Reasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired
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One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.
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Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect.
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War: that mad game the world so loves to play.
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Game Love Mad Play War
For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
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There is no vice which mankind carries to such wild extremes as that of avarice.
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Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few.
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It is the talent of human nature to run from one extreme to another.
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If a lump of soot falls into the soup and you cannot conveniently get it out, stir it well in and it will give the soup a French taste.
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Every dog must have his day.
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When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.
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I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.
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