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I never make exceptions. An exception disproves the rule.
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Posted by: Davide Bianco
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How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
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Posted by: Silvana Stremiz
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A sense of duty is like some horrible disease. It destroys the tissues of the mind, as certain complaints destroy the tissues of the body. The catechism has a great deal to answer for.
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Posted by: Silvana Stremiz
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With an evening gown and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can claim to be a civilized person.
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Posted by: Silvana Stremiz
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Anyone can be reasonable, but being mentally sane is rare.
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Posted by: Silvana Stremiz
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There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel that no one else has the right to blame us.
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Posted by: Cheope
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People are but ridiculous when they desire to appear as what they are not.
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Posted by: Cheope
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So that I desire to be like one
who to conceal his poverty through shame,
shows joy outwardly,
and within my heart am troubled and weep.
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Posted by: Silvana Stremiz
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It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.
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Posted by: Silvana Stremiz
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Duty is what one expects from others, it is not what one does oneself.
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