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Expensive advertising courts us with hints and images. The ordinary kind merely says, Buy.
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Critic's delight: scolding the Mighty Dead.
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I see what you mean, but I do not think what you think.
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The educated do not share a common body of information, but a common state of mind.
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Art seduces, but does not exploit.
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The horse stares at its captor, barely remembering the free kicks of youth.
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Hatred of the mother is familiar, but the mother's hatred still comes as a surprise.
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Kindness eases everything almost as much as money does.
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Logic and fact keep interfering with the easy flow of conversation.
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Fulfillment is often more trouble than it is worth.
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A great reader seldom recognizes his solitude.
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Opportunity knocks, but doesn't always answer to its name.
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My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.
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In every death, a busy world comes to an end.
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Staid middle age loves the hurricane passions of opera.
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Romantics consider common sense vulgar.
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Never try to leap from a standstill.
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Why do we never expect dull people to be rascals?
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Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better.
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People who abhor solitude may abhor company almost as much.
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