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“To be precocious Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.”
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“Troy owes to Homer what whist owes to Hoyle.”
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“Vain, froward child of empire, say, Are all thy playthings snatched away?”
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“What is the sin which is not Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin Or virtue?”
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“What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly? The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.”
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“When things are at the worst they sometimes mend.”
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“When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.”
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“Who could be happy and alone or good?”
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“Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.”
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“With but a plank between them and their fate.”
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“With swimming looks of speechless tenderness.”
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“Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.”
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“Coming events cast their shadows before.”
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“I hate all children of precocious talent.”
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“Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its approach.”
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“In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to their fellow creatures.”
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“It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.”
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“It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others, and to forget his own.”
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“It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be cured by baldness.”
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“Let each man have according to his deserts.”
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“Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.”
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“Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.”
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“Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.”
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“Men of different tastes have different pursuits.”
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“Neither head, nor feet. [Referring to anything very intricate.]”
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