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-- Indira Gandhi Society and Culture Honor lies in honest toil.
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-- Karl Marx, dying words to his housekeeper Dogma is the sacrifice of wisdom to consistency.
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-- John Stuart Mill Society and Culture A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
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A husband is what's left of the lover after the nerve has been extracted.
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Marriage is love. Love is blind. Therefore, marriage is an institution for the blind. "The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are right." (Mark Twain) Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - the dark apology for every error. The strong
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The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
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