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 | "Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and
instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for
they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often." | |
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Found in the topic Life.
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| "Friendship is like money, easier made than kept." | |
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Found in the topic Friendship.
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| "To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to
die, but he can never know that he is dead." | |
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Found in the topic Immortality.
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| "I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided
one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better." | |
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Found in the topic Illness.
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| "We grant, although he had much wit, He was very shy of using
it." | |
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Found in the topic Unsorted.
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| "The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read
them." | |
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Found in the topic Book.
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| "The want of money is the root of all evil." | |
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Found in the topic Money.
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| "God is Love, I dare say. But what a mischievous devil Love
is." | |
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Found in the topic God.
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| "We think as we do, mainly because other people think so." | |
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Found in the topic Others.
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| "A definition encloses a wilderness of idea within a wall of
words." | |
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Found in the topic Dictionary.
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| "Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to
know how to lie well." | |
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Found in the topic Lever.
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| "Through perils both of wind and limb, Through thick and thin she
follow"d him." | |
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Found in the topic Fidelity.
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| "Oaths are but words, and words but wind." | |
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Found in the topic Oath.
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| "For those that fly may fight again, Which he can never do that "s
slain." | |
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Found in the topic Fight.
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| "And prove their doctrine orthodox, By apostolic blows and
knocks." | |
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Found in the topic Orthodox.
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| "Friend Ralph, thou hast Outrun the constable at last." | |
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Found in the topic Running.
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| "Compound for sins they are inclined to, By damning those they have
no mind to." | |
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Found in the topic Sin.
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| "He that complies against his will Is of his own opinion
still." | |
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Found in the topic Agreement.
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| "He made an instrument to know If the moon shine at full or
no." | |
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Found in the topic Moon.
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| "I am not now in fortune"s power: He that is down can fall no
lower." | |
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Found in the topic Fortune.
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