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In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa.

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In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation.

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If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.

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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.

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If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.

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If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success.

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I've known him for a long time, ... He's always been a man of integrity, always been a man of the community and the needs of the community, and the black community is going to stand behind him.

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I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted.

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I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable.

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I do not mind lying but I hate inaccuracy.

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I consider being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill.

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Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

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He that is down can fall no lower.

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He was born stupid, and greatly increased his birthright.

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He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most; God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us.

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Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderate use rather than total abstinence.

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God is Love -- I dare say. But what a mischievous devil Love is

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God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.

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God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor.

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God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.

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God cannot alter the past, but historians can.

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Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds.

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For truth is precious and divine Too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

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For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.

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Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

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Faith - you can do very little with it, but you can do nothing without it.

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Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.

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Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.

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Christ and The Church: If he were to apply for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, adultery and desertion, he would probably get one.

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Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of thousands whom Christ has been crucifying in a quiet way ever since.

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