A Dictionary of Burning Words

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Quotes by Joseph Parker

2 quotations from Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), with the subject each one is filed under.

Never throw mud. You may miss your mark; but you must have dirty hands.— filed under Evil Speaking
It is right for you, young men, to enrich yourselves with the spoils of all pure literature; but he who would make a favorite of a bad book, simply because it contains a few beautiful passages, might as well caress the hand of an assassin because of the jewelry which sparkles on his fingers.— filed under Literature
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