“Folks differs, dearie. They differs a lot. Some can stand things that others can't. There's never no way of knowin' how much they can stand.”
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“111 company is like a dog, who dirts those most whom he loves best.”
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“Very few men, properly speaking, live at present, but are providing to live another time.”
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“Quotations are best brought in to confirm some opinion controverted.”
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“Strange an astrologer should die, without one wonder in the sky.”
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“I never knew any man cured of inattention.”
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