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Whatever happens, we have gotThe Maxim gun, and they have not.
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It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them.
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It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation.
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I'm tired of Love; I'm still more tired of Rhyme.But money gives me pleasure all the time.
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Oh! let us never, never doubtWhat nobody is sure about!
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Write as the wind blows and command all words like an army!
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And what is there else but pleasure, and to what else does beauty move on?
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A]lways keep a-hold of NurseFor fear of finding something worse
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N]othing is worthwhile on this unhappy earth except the fulfilment of a man's desire.
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P]rofessional politics is a trade in which the sly outweigh the wise.
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I]n words lie the seeds of all dissension, and love at its most profound is silent.
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Be content to remember that those who can make omelettes properly can do nothing else.
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Any subject can be made interesting, and therefore any subject can be made boring.
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By thee do seers the inward light discern;By thee the statue lives, the Gods return.
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When the ephemeral vision's lure is pastAll, all, must face their Passion at the last.
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In soft deluding lies let fools delight.A shadow marks our days, which end in Night.
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How slow the Shadow creeps: but when 'tis past,How fast the Shadows fall. How fast! How fast!
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Pale Ebenezer thought it wrong to fight,But Roaring Bill (who killed him) thought it right.
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Kings live in Palaces, and Pigs in sties,And youth in Expectation. Youth is wise.
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Of all fatiguing, futile, empty trades, the worst, I suppose, is writing about writing.
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All men have an instinct for conflict: at least, all healthy men.
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The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie.
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