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People who read stories are said to have excitable brains.
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Men ruin themselves headlong for unworthy women.
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Ask yourself if there is any explanation of the mystery of your own life and death."
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The actions of human beings are not invariably governed by the laws of pure reason
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Every human institution (Justice included) will stretch a little, if you only pull it the right way.
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Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service.
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I am nothing but a bundle of nerves dressed up to look like a man.
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My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody.
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