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A proverbial expression is often a crystallized lie which we
should like to believe.
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Because everything is for the best it does not follow that
it is for our best.
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It is easier to moralize than to be moral.
65
The difference between an actress on the stage and a woman
not on the stage is a matter of here and there.
66
Ignorance is not so surprising, nor such a mark of
inferiority, as unwillingness to learn.
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He who grows indignant when his veracity is questioned
generally has good and sufficient reason therefor.
68
Our joys are mainly those of prospect and retrospect.
69
It is not to be expected that the average man should know
what a real woman is like--he so rarely sees one.
70
The Chinese promise and never intend to perform; we promise
and do intend to perform.
The result is about the same.
71
Woman regards the criticizing of her sex as her own
prerogative, and criticizes more bitterly than any man would
think of doing; but she resents any criticism, no matter how
just, from man.
72
Lambs, it is true, gambol, but in due time they all get
fleeced.
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What we need is some philosopher to tell us how to be happy
when we have every reason for being unhappy.
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