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Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.

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Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air.

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Memory is a net: one finds it full of fish when he takes it from the brook, but a dozen miles of water have run through it without sticking.

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Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under, but few will use it as a rudder by which to steer.

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The mind of a bigot to the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it contracts.

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Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.

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Grow we must, if we outgrow all that loves us.

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A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an angel, any day.

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We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing.

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Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: August 29th, 1809

Died: October 7th, 1894

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