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“Those things please more, which are more expensive.”
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“Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to discompose their curls. Dandies.]”
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“Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the power to do so.”
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“To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.”
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“To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth the having.”
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“Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.”
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“We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.”
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“We plough the sand on the sea shore.”
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“When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.”
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“When the mischief is done the door is shut.”
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“When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.”
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“Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?”
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“Who's to look after the keepers?”
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“Wisdom triumphs over chance.”
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“You kiss away her tears.”
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“You may safely leave that matter to take care of itself.”
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“Labour with what zeal we will, Something still remains undone, Something uncompleted still Waits the rising of the sun.”
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“Life like an empty dream flits by.”
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“No endeavour is in vain; Its reward is in the doing.”
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“Something attempted, something done Has earned a night's repose.”
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“Swiftly our pleasures glide away, Our hearts recall the distant day With many sighs.”
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“The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen, and better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs.”
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“We have not wings, we cannot soar, But we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time.”
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“Her grief is real who grieves when no one is by.”
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“Hidden evils are most dreaded.”
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