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It is much easier to burn men than to burn their opinions. (8.63 out of 10)
Dignity, and even holiness too, sometimes, are more questions of coat and waistcoat than some people... (8.35 out of 10)
Many thousands are in want of common necessaries; hundreds of thousands are in want of common comfor... (8.32 out of 10)
We need never be ashamed of our tears. (8.25 out of 10)
Injustice breeds injustice. (8.25 out of 10)
Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty... (8.24 out of 10)
Nothing can make war otherwise than horrible. (8.05 out of 10)
I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape. (8.00 out of 10)
If the law supposes that … the law is a ass – a idiot. (8.00 out of 10)
While there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contag... (7.92 out of 10)
Ask no questions, and you’ll be told no lies. (7.90 out of 10)
Most of the people I know would do far better to leave marriage alone. It is at the bottom of three ... (7.88 out of 10)
No space of regret can make amends for one life’s opportunity misused. (7.83 out of 10)
It is said that the children of the very poor are not brought up, but dragged up. (7.83 out of 10)
A word in earnest is as good as a speech. (7.80 out of 10)

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