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• ‟ Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.

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• ‟ No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.

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• ‟ The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong.

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• ‟ Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

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• ‟ No man should be in politics unless he would honestly rather not be there.

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• ‟ Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity which lies hidden in a woman's heart, is startled to find that he must obey the God he summoned.

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• ‟ Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything.

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• ‟ No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else.

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• ‟ Man is an imperceptible atom always trying to become one with God.

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• ‟ A man must now swallow more belief than he can digest.

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