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The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it. ↗

— Thomas Babington Macaulay

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All changes are more or less tinged with melancholy, for what we are leaving behind is part of ourselves. ↗

— Amelia Barr

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Pick your enemies carefully or you'll never make it in Los Angeles. ↗

— Rona Barrett

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The most useless are those who never change through the years. ↗

— James M. Barrie

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Every man who is high up likes to think that he has done it all himself, and the wife smiles and lets it go at that. ↗

— James M. Barrie

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It is not real work unless you would rather be doing something else. ↗

— James M. Barrie

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It always rains on tents. Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles, against prevailing winds for the opportunity to rain on a tent. ↗

— Dave Barry

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Auto racing is boring except when a car is going at least 172 miles per hour upside down. ↗

— Dave Barry

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Eugene is located in western Oregon, approximately 278 billion miles from anything. ↗

— Dave Barry

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Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet. ↗

— Dave Barry

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