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• ‟ Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.

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• ‟ No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.

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• ‟ An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.

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• ‟ Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.

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• ‟ A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not believe in it, it still haunts our apprehensions.

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• ‟ No young man ever thinks he shall die.

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