Such, Polly, are your sex - part truth, part fiction; - Some thought, much whim and all a … - Richard Savage

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The essence of success is that it is never necessary to think of a new idea oneself. It is far better to wait until somebody else does it, and then to copy him in every detail, except his mistakes.

Richard Savage

Such, Polly, are your sex - part truth, part fiction; - Some thought, much whim and all a contradiction.

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When anger rushes unrestrained to action, like a hot steed, it stumbles on its way. The man of thought strikes deepest and strikes safely.

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He lives to build, not boast, a generous race; No tenth transmitter of a foolish face.

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Anger is implanted in us as sort of sting, to make us gnash with our teeth against the devil, to make us vehement against him, not to set us in array against each other.

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Those who murder fame Kill more than life destroyers.

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The man of thought strikes deepest and strikes safest.

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