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"Scientific men can hardly escape the charge of ignorance with regard to the precise effect of the impact of modern science upon the mode of living of the people and upon their civilisation."
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"He was a god, such as men might be, if men were gods."
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"Men are as we have always known them, neither better nor worse from the hearts of rogues there springs a latent honesty, from the depths of honest men there emerges a brutish appetite - a thirst for extermination, a desire for blood."
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"Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones."
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"Men don't get smarter when they grow older. They just lose their hair."
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"I've always liked men better than women."
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"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages."
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"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self."
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"And you prate of the wealth of nations, as if it were bought and sold, The wealth of nations is men, not silk and cotton and gold."
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"All the arts in America are a gigantic racket run by unscrupulous men for unhealthy women."
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"Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing."
Nothing
"He who follows his lessons tastes a profound peace, and looks upon everybody as a bunch of manure."
Peace
"There's nothing quite like tobacco: it's the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn't deserve to live."
Folk
"To marry a fool is to be no fool."
Fool
"Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired."
Work
"As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt."
Men
"All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing."
History
"The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them."
Men
"True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise."
Compromise
"Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood."
Talk
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