Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have the man looked honest enough.
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The source of all humor is not laughter, but sorrow.
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Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the creatures ever made (man) is the most detestable. Of t...
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A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught.
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Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals.
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The government of my country snubs honest simplicity but fondles artistic villainy, and I think I might have developed into a very capable pickpocket ...
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There's one way to find out if a man is honest: ask him; if he says yes, you know he's crooked.
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Never have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.
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Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.
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The best of all lost arts is honesty
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But that is the way we are made: we don't reason, where we feel; we just feel.
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It was a dreadful thing to see. Humans beings can be awful cruel to one another.
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The signs of excessive indulgence in this destructive pastime are easily detectable. They are these: A disposition to eat, to drink, to smoke, to meet...
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Ours is a terrible religion. The fleets of the world could swim in spacious comfort in the innocent blood it has spilt.
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The highest perfection of politeness is only a beautiful edifice, built, from the base to the dome, of graceful and gilded forms of charitable and uns...
