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To sin is a human business; to justify sin is a devilish business.

— Leo Tolstoy

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English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.

— James D. Nicoll

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Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

— George Bernard Shaw

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You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.

— Winston Churchill

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