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The most precious gem is found in the most worthless sand.
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The Senate joined to the Commons is an impotent man wedded to a vigorous
maid.
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The bombastic egotist floats on the crest of prosperity while the
philosopher starves in his tub.
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The priest counsels men in the sterile present to feed upon a pregnant
future. Tomorrows dinner never yet fed a hungry man.
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All the good in a human heart can never die.
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You cannot denude a woman of her masked thoughts.
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Diplomacy is cultivated in men and bred in women.
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He who would pluck contentment must abandon force.
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To console a widow is more agreeable than to court a maid.
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The man who stains the purity of a woman tarnishes his own soul.
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It is difficult to distinguish the fleshy lie from the ghostly truth.
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