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Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves...
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People have declaimed against luxury for 2000 years, in verse and in prose, and...
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Better to be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.
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It is tedious to tell again tales already plainly told.
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He fell in love with himself at first sight, and it is a passion...
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Nothing is permanent in this wicked world – not even our troubles.
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Credulity is the man’s weakness, but the child’s strength.
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As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so...
Quote #10937
Marriage is like signing a 356-page contract without knowing what’s in it.
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If you’re ever selling your house, and some people come by, and a big...