All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others.

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When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing to do is die at once.

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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also a dangerous thing.

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A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.

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There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have enough to live upon.

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When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once.

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Truth is generally kindness, but where the two diverge and collide, kindness should override truth.

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When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once.

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Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds.

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When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once.

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