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Flattery makes fools of the best of us.


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Don't sell your soul to buy peanuts for the monkeys.

Don't sell your soul to buy peanuts for the monkeys.



There’s no snobbery like that of the poor toward one another.

There’s no snobbery like that of the poor toward one another.



The law is above the law, you know.

The law is above the law, you know.



History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.

History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.



I don't approve the informality in the world today, Mr. James. It's made strangers of us all.

I don't approve the informality in the world today, Mr. James. It's made strangers of us all.



We reveal more of ourselves in the lies we tell than we do when we try to tell the truth.

We reveal more of ourselves in the lies we tell than we do when we try to tell the truth.



No one who likes a song lacks congeniality.

No one who likes a song lacks congeniality.



Beware of feelings, Father. They are the biggest liars in us. They make truth what we want it to be.

Beware of feelings, Father. They are the biggest liars in us. They make truth what we want it to be.



Very often adverse criticism goes to craft, and that sounds an alarm to which attention should be paid.

Very often adverse criticism goes to craft, and that sounds an alarm to which attention should be paid.



It's a great wonder to me, the Irish attachment to our history. What is it but a series of lamentations?

It's a great wonder to me, the Irish attachment to our history. What is it but a series of lamentations?





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It is a form of generational narcissism to change texts to suit one's own needs.



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As strong as the United States is, we can't deal with terrorism alone.



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