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But O, what a cruel thing is a farce to those
engaged in it!
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It is not always the most faithful believer who
makes the cunningest apostle.
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Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases
it outlives the man.
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A man may live in dreams, and yet be unprepared
for their realisation.
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'Be soople, Davie, in things immaterial.'
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No class of man is altogether bad; but each
has its own faults and virtues.
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But it is odd enough, the very women who profess
most contempt for mankind as a sex seem to find even
its ugliest particulars rather lively and high-minded
in their own sons.
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To cling to what is left of any damaged quality
is virtue in the man.
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But we have no bravery nowadays, and, even in books,
must all pretend to be as dull and foolish
as our neighbours.
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It always warms a man to see a woman brave.
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Condescension is an excellent thing, but it is strange
how one-sided the pleasure of it is!
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Some strand of our own misdoing is involved
in every quarrel.
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There was never an ill thing made better by meddling.
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Let any man speak long enough, he will get believers.
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Every one lives by selling something, whatever
be his right to it.
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A man dissatisfied with endeavour is a man
tempted to sadness.
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Drama is the poetry of conduct, romance the
poetry of circumstance.
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