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As the chameleon, who is known To have no colours of his own, But borrows from his neighbour's hue His white or black, his green or blue, And struts as much in ready light, Which credit gives him upon sight, As if the rainbow were in tail Settled on him and his heirs male.
Matthew Prior
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I must leave all that! Farewell, dear paintings that I have loved so much and which have cost me so much.
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Jules Mazarin
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It is an observation which all the world can verify, that there is nothing so deplorable as the conduct of some celebrated mathematicians in their own affairs, nor anything so absurd as their opinions on the sciences not within their jurisdiction.
Kenelm Digby
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
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