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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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"What clever man has ever needed to commit a crime? Crime is the last resort of political half-wits."

"The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when it follows."

"The bold defiance of a woman is the certain sign of her shame, - when she has once ceased to blush, it is because she has too much to blush for."

"I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep."

"She is such a good friend that she would throw all her acquaintances into the water for the pleasure of fishing them out again."
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