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• Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends.
  -- S. Weir Mitchell...
• Beware the man with white feathers and an orange mouth, for he is a duck in disguise.
• It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.
  -- Samuel Johnson, Boswell's Life, 1770...
• When a man lies he murders part of the world.
• Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, And eagerly pursues imaginary joys.
  -- Mark Akenside (1721-1770) -- The Virtuoso, Stanza x...
• Such and so various are the tastes of men.
  -- Mark Akenside (1721-1770) -- Pleasures of the Imagination, Book iii, Line 567...
• Yea, though I walk through the valley of death I will fear no evil, for I am the meanest son of a bitch in the valley.
  -- Karl Cullinane The Silver Crown by Joel Rosenberg...
• Bart: Oy! This guy's tough. Lisa: Bart, we're going to have to outsmart him.
  Bart: I dunno, he's pretty sharp. He saw right through this disguise....
• Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life.
  -- New Testament -- James i, 12...