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"A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man's thoughts and aspirations."

"It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up."

"But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought."

"I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library."
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"They that are against superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I wear all colors but black, then I am superstitious in not wearing black."

"Of all actions of a man's life, his marriage does least concern other people, yet of all actions of our life tis most meddled with by other people."

"A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat."

"In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them."

"No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man."
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