The distinguishing sign of slavery is to have a price, and to be bought for it.

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A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort.

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The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him.

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No good is ever done to society by the pictorial representation of its diseases.

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Taste is the only morality. Tell me what you like and I'll tell you what you are.

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Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little reform needed in our prisons.

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Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.

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We were not sent into this world to do anything into which we can not put our heart.

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Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time.

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The sky is the part of creation in which nature has done for the sake of pleasing man.

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