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I think there is a blossom about me of something more distinguished than the generality of mankind.


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No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. In the first place brandy will do soonest for a man what drinking can do for him.



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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.



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I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.



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My father had declared a predilection for heirs general, that is, males and females indiscriminately.... I, on the other hand, had a zealous partiality for heirs male, however remote.



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I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said to be born to friends.



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When a man is familiar with many people he must expect many disagreeable familiarizations.



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Quotation is more universal and more ancient than one would perhaps believe.



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The pleasure of gratifying whim is very great. It is known only by those who are whimsical.



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Melancholy cannot be clearly proved to others, so it is better to be silent about it.



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