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The trifle now inscribed with your name. was occasioned by a particular fact; but to the disgrace of human nature, the subject is sufficiently general to interest every heart not totally impenetrable. Thomas Day
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In the western part of England lived a gentleman of large fortune, whose name was Merton.
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We have no right to luxuries while the poor want bread.
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But let us not too hastily triumph in the shame of Sparta, lest we aggravate our own condemnation.
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An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry. George Eliot
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Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.
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Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
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There are no countries in the world less known by the British than those selfsame British Islands.
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Youth will be served, every dog has his day, and mine has been a fine one.