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'Bolt her in, keep her indoors.' But who is to guard the guards themselves? Your wife is prudent and begins with them.
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When Nature
Gave tears to mankind, she proclaimed that tenderness was endemic
In the human heart: of all our impulses, this
Is the highest and best.
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Our censor's rule condemns the doves while acquitting the ravens.
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We all live in a state of ambitious poverty.
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You should pray for a sound mind in a sound body.
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Even if nature says no, indignation makes me write verse.
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This is the first of punishments, that no guilty man is acquitted if judged by himself.
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Nature, in giving tears to man, confessed that he
Had a tender heart; this is our noblest quality.
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I will have this done, so I order it done; let my will replace reasoned judgement.
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Everything mankind does, their hope, fear, rage, pleasure, joys, business, are the hotch-potch of my little book.
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A child is owed the greatest respect; if you ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years.
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I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of reason.
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They thought that the teacher should have the role of a revered parent.
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There's hardly a case that comes to court that is not inspired by a woman.
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Weigh Hannibal: how many pounds will you find in that great general?
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For revenge is always the delight of a mean spirit, of a weak and petty mind! You may immediately draw proof of this—that no one rejoices more in revenge than a woman.
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Indeed, revenge is always the pleasure of a paltry, feeble, tiny mind.
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The less we indulge our pleasures the more we enjoy them.
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Off you go, madman, and hurry across the horrible Alps, duly to delight schoolboys and become a subject for practising speech-making.
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