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One cannot both feast and become rich.
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Genius hath electric power which earth can never tame.
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Alas, poor Yorick I knew him Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most...
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Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first and the lessons afterwards.
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The art of dining well is no slight art, the pleasure not a slight...