A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not believe in it, it still haunts our apprehensions.
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That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident.
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No young man ever thinks he shall die.
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