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" Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a man's hands just to see how miserable he can make himself with them. "

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" When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?' "

" A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage the country. "

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" In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is women who keep the church going. "

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" A sequel is an admission that you've been reduced to imitating yourself. "