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bed innocence proven single sleep slept songwriter sound
He went to bed and slept the sleep of the good-for-nothing which, by an anachronism not a single songwriter has yet struck, is proven to be more sound than that of innocence
desk laughing legal money night owner risks
I am laughing to think what risks you take to try to find money in a desk by night where the legal owner can never find any by day.
hatred inspires pity weakness
Hatred is a tonic, it makes one live, it inspires vengeance; but pity kills, it makes our weakness weaker.
exist ideas moral seen society upright
It is not enough to be an upright man, we must be seen to be one; society does not exist on moral ideas only
defects
They must have the defects of their qualities.
loaf science
To loaf is a science, to loaf is to live
gratitude heart men
Gratitude is a fool's word; we find it in the dictionary, but it is not in the heart of man.
temptation cures
There is a cure for temptation. What? Yielding to it.
jewels literature pearls
In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
being-yourself work love-yourself
An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence.
humility body modesty
Modesty is the conscience of the body.
dream book writing
It is as easy to dream a book as it is hard to write one.
wedding flower wife
A young bride is like a plucked flower; but a guilty wife is like a flower that had been walked over.
funny-love first-love love-is
First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.