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Silks, velvets, calicoes, and the whole lexicon of female fopperies.


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We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.



For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.



Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

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That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy.

That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy.



Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.



When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.



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You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday



The sight of you is good for sore eyes.

The sight of you is good for sore eyes.



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I'm an adrenaline guy. I like to do stuff that gets my blood pumping, like roller coasters or jumping out of planes. I'm into all that crazy stuff.

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With the exception of lingerie and theater I'm interested in everything to do with clothes and perfumes: everything which is an extension of woman.

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