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“He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend provided, of course, he really is dead.”

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One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.

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The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

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The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it.

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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.

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