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Sly women walk where blunt men fall.

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The stench of corruption is fragrant to the lobbyist.

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A shrivelled soul may hide in a bishop’s paunch.

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A slippery friend is more dangerous than thin ice.

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The kangaroo and the miser carry all they love in a pouch.

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You cannot staunch a bleeding wound with a memory or a promise.

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Marriage is a covenant which few women refuse and many revoke.

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Emotion in woman is the locomotive—­wisdom, the cow-catcher.

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A misfit policy is as dangerous to a statesman as a misfit dress to a woman.

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The sting of a bee is not the less to be dreaded because the bee makes honey.

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Creed is as akin to righteousness as a ‘bucket shop’ to the kingdom of heaven.

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An act cannot die.

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To exist is not to live.

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Degeneracy is born of many parents.

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The rich man gives advice, the poor man bread.

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Happiness is now a theory, I would make it a fact.

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The statute of limitation runs not against evil deeds.

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The quickest cure for a passionate longing is a cold woman.

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Through lapse of time the few claim the inheritance of the many.

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The cause of truth will not triumph so long as it is intrusted to fools.

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If the weakness of the present industrial system were realized it would cease to be dangerous.

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Snakes eggs are hatched by the sun.  Misers eggs—­gold—­by labor.  Young snakes hiss at their mother, misers at men.

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The charitable heart hath an empty pocket.

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The cry of the poor is an eternal remonstrance.

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The ocean of hope springs from a single drop of sympathy.

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The old-time robber was the father of the new time financier.