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It shocked his sense of dramatic economy that they should have to resort to violence when the same result could have been obtained by a minimum expenditure of energy.Hope Mirrlees
2
So fine a medicine is the will to action.Hope Mirrlees
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A bad conscience makes a very good ghost.Hope Mirrlees
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There had always been something rather brutal about (..._) common sense.Hope Mirrlees
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But these are sad times, the 'prentices wanting to be masters, and every little tradesman wanting to be a Senator, and every dirty little urchin thinking he can giveimpudence to his betters!Hope Mirrlees
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Let mental suffering be intense enough, and it becomes a sort of carminative.Hope Mirrlees
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Sentimentality is a quality that rarely has the slightest influence on action.Hope Mirrlees
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Mad folks are often as dangerous as bad ones.Hope Mirrlees
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Pride and resentment are not indigenous to the human heartUnknown