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" Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever. "
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Us
Money
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Rather
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Conquer
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Being
Act
Clever
" There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of. "
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Know
Desire
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Memory
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True
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