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Eloquence may set fire to reason.


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The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.



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Certitude is not the test of certainty.



People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.

People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.



Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold; But friendship is the rose, with sweets in every fold.

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