"He that never labors may know the pains of idleness, but not the pleasures."
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"He that writes may be considered as a kind of general challenger, whom every one has a right to attack; since he quits the common rank of life, steps forward beyond the lists, and offers his merit to the public judgement. To commence author is to claim praise, and no man can justly aspire to honour, but at the hazard of disgrace."
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"Never speak of a man in his own presence. It is always indelicate, and may be offensive ."
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"There may be community of material possessions, but there can never be community of love or esteem."
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"A merchant may, perhaps, be a man of an enlarged mind, but there is nothing in trade connected with an enlarged mind."
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"The president's rattling the saber and beating the drums may have an effect."
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"The occult powers may be possessed by soul, but if they are not used in the right way it is a loss rather than a gain."
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"Then may I tell you that the very next words I read were these – ‘Chloe liked Olivia…’ Do not start. Do not blush. Let us admit in the privacy of our own society that these things sometimes happen. Sometimes women do like women."
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"I may be daft but I'm no' stupid!"
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"I MAY HAVE ALLOWED MYSELF SOME FLICKER OF EMOTION IN THE RECENT PAST, said Death, BUT I CAN GIVE IT UP ANY TIME I LIKE."
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"Fascism may be good at making the trains run on time, but you wouldn't like some of the destinations."
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"- DON’T WORRY, IT WON’T BE FOREVER. - Good. - IT MAY SEEM LIKE FOREVER."
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"And this is the only immortality you and i may share, my Lolita."
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"I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected. Because if you like me you can throw me away too quick. If you respect me, you may not even like what I was wearing, but you'll say, "I respect that.""
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"Just as you believe you may have already halfway there"
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"It may be true that he travels farthest who travels alone, but the goal thus reached is not worth reaching."
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"The human mind may perceive truth only through thinking, as is clear from Augustine."
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"May you get more out of life than a cup of tea."
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"... it matters not what natural endowment a race may have if it prostitutes itself to the service of death."
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"Every man is my superior in that I may learn from him."
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