Maxims for Revolutionists
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The thieves had their revenge when Marx convicted the bourgeoisie of theft.
GOOD INTENTIONS
Hell is paved with good intentions, not with bad ones.
All men mean well.
NATURAL RIGHTS
The Master of Arts, by proving that no man has any natural rights, compels himself to take his own for granted.
The right to live is abused whenever it is not constantly challenged.
FAUTE DE MIEUX
In my childhood I demurred to the description of a certain young lady as "the pretty Miss So and So." My aunt rebuked me by saying "Remember always that the least plain sister is the family beauty."
No age or condition is without its heroes. The least incapable general in a nation is its Cæsar, the least imbecile statesman its Solon, the least confused thinker its Socrates, the least commonplace poet its Shakespear.
CHARITY
Charity is the most mischievous sort of pruriency.
Those who minister to p
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Almost nothing has the humor of Mark Twain or Oscar Wilde.
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