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Nations Decay From Within More Often Than They Surrender To Outward Assault.

The Nearer She Came To Death, The More, By Some Perversity Of Nature, Did She Enjoy Living.

The Surest Way Of Winning Love Is To Look As If You Didn't Need It.

You Can't Fit The Same Religion To Every Man Any Mo' Than You Can The Same Pair Of Breeches. The Big Man Takes The Big Breeches An' The Little Man Takes The Small Ones, An' It's Jest The Same With Religion. It May Be Cut After One Pattern, But It's Might Apt To Get Its Shape From The Wearer Inside. Why, Thar Ain't Any Text So Peaceable That It Ain't Drawn Blood From Somebody.

It Would Appear, From The Best Examples, That The Proper Way Of Beginning A Preface To One's Work Is With A Humble Apology For Having Written At All.