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Everybody wants to live forever, but nobody wants to grow old.


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Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

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When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.



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You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday



The sight of you is good for sore eyes.

The sight of you is good for sore eyes.



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