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"Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us if the normal man does not amaze."

"A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good."

"Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too."

"Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat."

"Do we elect a man because of what he stands for, because of where he stands on the issues, because how he makes the nation feel?"
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"When a young man complains that a young lady has no heart, it's pretty certain that she has his."

"Some people seem as if they can never have been children, and others seem as if they could never be anything else."

"The pen is a formidable weapon, but a man can kill himself with it a great deal more easily than he can other people."

"A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string."

"It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will, he must necessarily turn his back on one half of the world."

"Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it."
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