"Men are mad most of their lives; few live sane, fewer die so. The acts of people are baffling unless we realize that their wits are disordered. Man is driven to justice by his lunacy."

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"Men are mad most of their lives; few live sane, fewer die so. The acts of people are baffling unless we realize that their wits are disordered. Man is driven to justice by his lunacy."

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"You have already disarmed my men without my knowledge, are their arms to be returned or not?"

"Remembering that the man who always fights one more round is never whipped."

"Dr. Johnson was a lazy learned man who liked to think and talk better than to read or write; who, however, wrote much and well, but too often by rote."

"Each man in his way is a treasure."

"When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package."

"One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real."

"I don't say tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it."

"Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average."

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"In the long run, Women's Liberation will of course free men-but in the short run it's going to COST men a lot of privilege, which no one gives up willingly or easily."

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"We can only write well about our sins because it is too difficult to recall a virtuous act or even whether it was the result of good or evil motives."

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