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Washington Irving

Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? No - no, your lean, hungry men who are continually worrying society, and setting the whole community by the ears.

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A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

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He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart.

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Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune but great minds rise above them.

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