Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life.

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There is something to me very softening in the presence of a woman, some strange influence, even if one is not in love with them, which I cannot at all account for, having no very high opinion of the sex. But yet, I always feel in better humor with myself and every thing else, if there is a woman within ken.

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This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction.

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Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.

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What's drinking? A mere pause from thinking!

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I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.

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But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.

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I deny nothing, but doubt everything.

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'Tis solitude should teach us how to die; It hath no flatterers; vanity can give, No hollow aid; alone - man with God must strive.

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Happiness was born a twin.

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