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" Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. "

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" Some animals utter a loud cry. Some are silent, and others have a voice, which in some cases may be expressed by a word; in others, it cannot. There are also noisy animals and silent animals, musical and unmusical kinds, but they are mostly noisy about the breeding season. "

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" We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one. "

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