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He who would pluck contentment must abandon force.

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To console a widow is more agreeable than to court a maid.

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The man who stains the purity of a woman tarnishes his own soul.

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It is difficult to distinguish the fleshy lie from the ghostly truth.

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The private ownership of land is crystalized in the question "Is the
unborn child an heir or a bastard?"

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Love of the artistic does not account for the crookedness of men, though
the curve is the only true line of beauty.

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Sly women walk where blunt men fall.

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The stench of corruption is fragrant to the lobbyist.

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A shrivelled soul may hide in a bishop's paunch.

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A slippery friend is more dangerous than thin ice.

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The kangaroo and the miser carry all they love in a pouch.

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You cannot staunch a bleeding wound with a memory or a promise.

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Marriage is a covenant which few women refuse and many revoke.

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Emotion in woman is the locomotive--wisdom, the cow-catcher.

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A misfit policy is as dangerous to a statesman as a misfit dress to a
woman.

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The sting of a bee is not the less to be dreaded because the bee makes
honey.

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Creed is as akin to righteousness as a 'bucket shop' to the kingdom of
heaven.

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An act cannot die.

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To exist is not to live.

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Degeneracy is born of many parents.

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The rich man gives advice, the poor man bread.

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Happiness is now a theory, I would make it a fact.

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The statute of limitation runs not against evil deeds.

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The quickest cure f