"Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers."

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"Most people know no other way of judging men's worth but by the vogue they are in, or the fortunes they have met with."

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"A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter."

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"Pain is as diverse as man. One suffers as one can."

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"Men become accustomed to poison by degrees."

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"Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist legacy of Columbus but affirm dimensions of that legacy by their refusal to repudiate patriarchy?"

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"Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice."

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"There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices."

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"There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men."

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"And after all what is a lie? Tis but The truth in masquerade."

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"Most people know no other way of judging men's worth but by the vogue they are in, or the fortunes they have met with."

"A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter."

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"Men become accustomed to poison by degrees."

"Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist legacy of Columbus but affirm dimensions of that legacy by their refusal to repudiate patriarchy?"

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"There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices."

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"It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend."

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"And after all what is a lie? Tis but The truth in masquerade."

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"The dew of compassion is a tear."

"Where there is mystery, it is generally suspected there must also be evil."

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