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The world admires wealth and velocity–these are the things for which everyone strives. Railroads, the post, steamboats, and all possible modes of communication are the means by which the world overeducates itself and freezes itself in mediocrity.Unknown
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By Fortune's adverse buffets overborne To solitude I fled, to wilds forlorn, And not in utter loneliness to live, Myself at last did to the Devil give!Unknown
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If I wasn't a devil myself I'd give Me up to the Devil this very minute.Unknown
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I've often heard it said, a preacher Might learn, with a comedian for a teacher.Unknown
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When I say to the Moment flying;' Linger a while -- thou art so fair! ' Then bind me in thy bonds undying, And my final ruin I will bear!Unknown
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What's foreign one can't always keep quite clear of, For good things, oft, are not so near; A German can't endure the French to see or hear of, Yet drinks their wines with hearty cheer.Unknown