From the ArcaMax Publishing, History & Quotes Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/quotes/s-27812-310157
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the
ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his
failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of
it.
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A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention,
and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.
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Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of
solemnity.
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Aborigines, n.: Persons of little worth found cumbering the soil of a
newly discovered country. They soon cease to cumber; they fertilize.
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Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends.
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Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying
himself a pleasure.
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Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with
one's own opinion.
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Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were
taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.
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Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but
not well enough to lend to.