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The doctrine of the immortality of the soul has more threat than comfort.
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The man in the street is always a stranger.
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Rescue someone unwilling to look after himself, and he will cling to you like a dangerous illness.
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A blunt statement can be as false as any other.
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Imagination has rules, but we can only guess what they are.
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The time I kill is killing me.
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Documents create a paper reality we call proof.
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Money: power at its most liquid.
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I love you is the inscription on Pandora's box.
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If we think about the obvious long enough, it dissolves.
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To understand someone, find out how he spends his money.
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Only the broken-hearted know the truth about love.
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My thought has been shaped by books; my desires by pictures.
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The body has a mind of its own.
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In bridge clubs and in councils of state, the passions are the same.
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Folly always knows the answer.
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No chaos, no creation. Evidence: the kitchen at mealtime.
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An academic dialect is perfected when its terms are hard to understand and refer only to one another.
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My parents wanted me to solace them for sorrows they denied having had.
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Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word.
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Observe decorum, and it will open a path to morality.
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When I prayed for success, I forgot to ask for sound sleep and good digestion.
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The beginning of self-knowledge: recognizing that your motives are the same as other people's.
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The gods are watching, but idly, yawning.
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