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Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely to mar the general felicity?

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Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure.

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

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We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them.

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Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.

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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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No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which are beyond her jurisdiction.

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The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.

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A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.

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

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Poet

Born: December 4th, 1835

Died: June 18th, 1902

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