A guilty conscience is the mother of invention.

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A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his...

A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his...

Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife; This...

Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife; This...

Actions lie louder than words.

Actions lie louder than words.

It is the interest one takes in books that makes a library. And if a...

It is the interest one takes in books that makes a library. And if a...

Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife; This...

Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife; This...

Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to...

Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to...

A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his...

A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his...

Of two evils choose the prettier.

Of two evils choose the prettier.

The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry; The books...

The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry; The books...

A blunder at the right moment is better than cleverness at the wrong time.

A blunder at the right moment is better than cleverness at the wrong time.

I am more fond of achieving than striving. My theories must prove to be facts...

I am more fond of achieving than striving. My theories must prove to be facts...

Of two evils, choose the prettier

Of two evils, choose the prettier

Jealousy is the greatest of all evils, and the one which arouses the least pity...

Jealousy is the greatest of all evils, and the one which arouses the least pity...

Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we...

Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we...

Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or...

Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or...

Evil is unspectacular and always human And shares our bed and eats at our own...

Evil is unspectacular and always human And shares our bed and eats at our own...

The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

Evil is something you recognize immediately you see it: it works through charm

Evil is something you recognize immediately you see it: it works through charm

When we make mistakes they call it evil

When we make mistakes they call it evil

What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but...

What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but...