The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust.

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Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both

Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both

If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.

If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.

In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and...

In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and...

Is life worth living? This is a question for an embryo not for a man.

Is life worth living? This is a question for an embryo not for a man.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.

One should judge by appearance only: what is hidden should remain so

One should judge by appearance only: what is hidden should remain so

Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers

Morality is the custom of one's country and the current feeling of one's peers

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.

Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it.

Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it.

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he...

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he...

I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do...

I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do...

Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.

Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is...

All of the animals except for man know that the principle business of life is...

The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be...

The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be...

If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear....

If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear....

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine...

He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine...

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the...

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the...

The careful reader of the New Testament will find three Christs described: - One who...

The careful reader of the New Testament will find three Christs described: - One who...