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We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.

William Hazlitt

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Look up, laugh loud, talk big, keep the color in your cheek and the fire in your eye, adorn your person, maintain your health, your beauty and your animal spirits.
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The corpse of friendship is not worth embalming.
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Confidence gives a fool the advantage over a wise man.
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The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never did me the smallest favor.
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