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[Ch. IV.

No Professors are ignorant;
Some ignorant people are conceited.

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Toothache is never pleasant;
Warmth is never unpleasant.

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Bores are terrible;
You are a bore.

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Some mountains are insurmountable;
All stiles can be surmounted.

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No Frenchmen like plumpudding;
All Englishmen like plumpudding.

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No idlers win fame;
Some painters are not idle.

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No lobsters are unreasonable;
No reasonable creatures expect impossibilities.

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No kind deed is unlawful;
What is lawful may be done without fear.

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No fossils can be crossed in love;
An oyster may be crossed in love.

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"This is beyond endurance!"
"Well, nothing beyond endurance has ever happened to me."

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All uneducated men are shallow;
All these students are educated.

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All my cousins are unjust;
No judges are unjust.

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