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Long Is The Road From Conception To Completion.

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Words And Deeds Are Far From Being One. Much That Is Talked About Is Left Undone.

People Spend Most Of Their Lives Worrying About Things That Never Happen.

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Stay Awhile That We May Make An End The Sooner.

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I Have The Knack Of Easing Scruples.

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I Hate All Men, The Ones Because They Are Mean And Vicious, And The Others For Being Complaisant With The Vicious Ones.

Innocence Is Not Accustomed To Blush. [fr., L'innocence A Rougir N'est Point Accoutumee.]

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The Impromptu Reply Is Precisely The Touchstone Of The Man Of Wit.

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It Is A Long Road From Conception To Completion.

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The Trees That Are Slow To Grow Bear The Best Fruit.

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Of All Human Foibles Love Of Living Is The Most Powerful.

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People Of Quality Know Everything Without Ever Having Learned Anything.

I Always Do The First Line Well, But I Have Trouble Doing The Others.

The Envious Will Die, But Envy Never. [fr., Les Envieux Mourront, Mais Non Jamais L'envie.]

A Laudation In Greek Is Of Marvellous Efficacy On The Title-page Of A Book.

Frankly, It's Good Enough To Lock Up In A Drawer.

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Cover That Bosom That I Must Not See: Souls Are Wounded By Such Things.

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It Is Madness Beyond Compare To Try To Reform The World.

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Unreasonable Haste Is The Direct Road To Error.

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We Should Look Long And Carefully At Ourselves Before We Pass Judgement On Others.

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