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"I may be plucky, but I am not stupid."
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"We need to suffer, that we may learn to pity."
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"We know what we are, but know not what we may be."
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"Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn."
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"Most redoubted lord and right sovereign cousin, may the Almighty Lord have you in his keeping."
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"Oh Lord, may I be directed what to do and what to leave undone."
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"A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion."
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"Ah, you may leave here, for four days in space, but when you return, it's the same old place."
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"To eat the boiled head of a pig sliced like salami is very strange. It may seem cutting edge, but it's actually a lot older than any of the other traditional salami."
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"Such Roots as are soft, your best way is to dry in the Sun, or else hang them up in the Chimney corner upon a string; as for such as are hard you may dry them any where."
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"There's nothing quite like tobacco: it's the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn't deserve to live."
Folk

"I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue."
Virtue

"The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it."
Glory

"Books and marriage go ill together."
Marriage

"Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion."
Gallantry

"If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless."
Heart

"Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing."
Nothing

"It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found."
Compromise

"Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money."
Money

"Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive."
Man
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