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In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards

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Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat.

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One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.

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Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy.

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Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.

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Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it.

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When in doubt, have two guys come through the door with guns.

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Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.

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Henry James chews more than he bites off.

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Henry James was one of the nicest old ladies I ever met.

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