"No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous" Henry Adams No wise man ever wished to be younger "Life is not a farce; it is a ridiculous tragedy, which is the worst kind of composition." "No preacher is listened to but Time, which gives us the same train and turn of thought that older people have tried in vain to put into our heads before." "Falsehood flies and the truth comes limping after; so that when men come to be undeceived it is too late: the jest is over and the tale has had its effect. --" "We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same." "I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company" "I must complain, the cards are ill shuffled, till I have a good hand." "Laws penned with the utmost care and exactness, and in the vulgar language, are often perverted to wrong meanings; then why should we wonder that the Bible is so?" How is it possible to expect that mankind will take advice, when they will not so much as take warning?"

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