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What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

William Ralph Inge

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The Devil deserves zero tolerance.
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Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next.
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Bereavement is the deepest initiation into the mysteries of human life, an initiation more searching and profound than even happy love.
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Our test is infallible. Whatever view of reality deepens our sense of the tremendous issues of life in the world wherein we move, is for us nearer the truth than any view which diminishes that sense.
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In imperialism nothing fails like success. If the conqueror oppresses his subjects, they will become fanatical patriots, and sooner or later have their revenge if he treats them well, and governs them for their good, they will multiply faster than their rulers, till they claim their independence.
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Man will never be entirely willing to give up this world for the next nor the next world for this.
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