"They consider garrulity a crime against nature."

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“Evidently you do not trust me. This does not predispose me to trust you.”

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“My fees are not too high. Your wage scale may simply be too low.”

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“Of all questions, why? is the least pertinent. It begs the question; it assumes the larger part of its own response; to wit, that a sensible response exists.”

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