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"O lady, why are you gazing downward? Has something of yours fallen on the ground? (She replies) O fool, can you not understand the pearl of my youth has slipped away?" – Chanakya
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Speech is the small change of silence. -Meredith, George
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Give me a child and I’ll shape him into anything. -Skinner, B(urrhus) F(rederic)
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Mendacity is a system that we live in. Liquor is one way out an death’s the other. -Williams, Tennessee
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To win without risk is to triumph without glory. -Corneille, Pierre
To win without risk is to triumph without glory. -Corneille, Pierre
"Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue." – William Bennett
“Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue.” – William Bennett
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“Different and new is just the same old if you keep doing it over and over.” Kyran Pittman …
"The Good Book / one of the most remarkable euphemisms ever copied." – Ashley Montagu
“The Good Book / one of the most remarkable euphemisms ever copied.” – Ashley Montagu