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A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.
From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.
The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor.
Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.
I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.
Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderate use rather than total abstinence.
If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence.
Is life worth living? This is a question for an embryo not for a man.
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For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.
Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.
To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.
The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by all that is.
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