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“A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times.”
“He must be a poor creature that does not often repeat himself.”
“You can hire logic, in the shape of a lawyer, to prove anything that you want to prove.”
“Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.”
“Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.”
“How many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have made!”
“The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men.”
“All of us love companionship and sympathy; some of us may love them too much.”
“The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a deal longer.”
“A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.”
“It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.”