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" I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms. "
Voltaire
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" Divorce is probably of nearly the same date as marriage. I believe, however, that marriage is some weeks the more ancient. "
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" The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are in their place when there is nothing more solid to say; but the flowery style ought to be banished from a pleading, a sermon, or a didactic work. "
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" Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game. "
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