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We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.

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Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.

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In the country, the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers biding its time.

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If you don't change your beliefs your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?

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