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The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.

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Self-preservation is the first law of nature.

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If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.

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A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.

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Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.

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The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor.

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An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.

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Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.

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Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have.

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Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a prepared ground, but let them be bona fide falls in the rough and tumble of the world.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Poet

Born: December 4th, 1835

Died: June 18th, 1902

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