Better be killed than frightened to death.

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More people are flattered into virtue than bullied out of vice.

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The only infallible rule we know is, that the man who is always talking about being a gentleman never is one.

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'Humph' grunted Mr. Romford, seeing his worst fears about to be realized. He had dreamt that he had timbled over a poodle in the drawing-room, and squirted a bottle of porter right into a lady's face. 'Who's goin' besides ourselves' asked Romford, wishing to know the worst at once. 'Better be killed than frightened to death,' thought he.

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