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• INTRODUCTION, n. A social ceremony invented by the devil for the gratification of his servants and the plaguing of his enemies.
  The introduction attains its most malevolent development in this century, being, indeed, closely related to our political system....
• It is one thing, to show a man that he is in an error, and another, to put him in possession of truth.
  -- John Locke...
• MAGNITUDE, n. Size. Magnitude being purely relative, nothing is large and nothing small.
  If everything in the universe were increased in bulk one thousand diameters nothing would be any larger than it was before, but if one thing remain unchanged all the others would be larger than they had been....
• Though I have said above that all men by nature are equal, I cannot be supposed to understand all sorts of equality.
  Age or virtue may give man a just precedency. Excellency of parts and merit may place others above the common level ....
• There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
  -- William Jame...
• All things being equal, a fat person uses more soap than a thin person. -- Schmidt's Observatio
• Schmidt's Observation: All things being equal, a fat person uses more soap than a thin person.
• Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight. -- Thomas Carlyle