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Every man is his own greatest dupe.
William Rounseville Alger
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The best aphorisms are.... portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feeling. They furnish the largest amount of intellectual stimulus and nutriment in the smallest compass. About every weak point in human nature, or vicious spot in human life, there is deposited a crystallization of warning and protective proverbs.
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He who is master of all opinions can never be the bigot of any.
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Ah, could the soul, like the body, have a mirror! It has,--a friend.
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A blue eye is a true eye Mysterious is a dark one, Which flashes like a spark sun! A black eye is the best one.
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