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"A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own."
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"A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open."

"Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom."
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"It matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he is growing."

"Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made nothing entirely straight can be carved."

"A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint."

"Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it."
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"All of us who are worth anything, spend our manhood in unlearning the follies, or expiating the mistakes of our youth."

"Love is free; to promise for ever to love the same woman is not less absurd than to promise to believe the same creed; such a vow in both cases excludes us from all inquiry."

"Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it."

"War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade."

"Is it not odd that the only generous person I ever knew, who had money to be generous with, should be a stockbroker."
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