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Envy is a passion so full of cowardice and shame that nobody ever had the confidence to own it.


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I shall never forgive you for teaching me how to love life.



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any experiment of interest in life will be carried out at your own expense



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I have to speak my mind. Because what is in my mind is always more interesting than what is happening in the world outside my mind.



The theatre is my drug. And my illness is so far advanced that my physic must be of the highest quality.

The theatre is my drug. And my illness is so far advanced that my physic must be of the highest quality.



Now piercèd is her virgin zone; She feels the foe within it. She hears a broken amorous groan, The panting lover's fainting moan, Just in the happy minute.

Now piercèd is her virgin zone; She feels the foe within it. She hears a broken amorous groan, The panting lover's fainting moan, Just in the happy minute.



I wish to be moved. I cannot feel in life. I must have others do it for me in theater.

I wish to be moved. I cannot feel in life. I must have others do it for me in theater.



Before I married, I had three theories about raising children and no children. Now, I have three children and no theories.

Before I married, I had three theories about raising children and no children. Now, I have three children and no theories.



Most Men are Cowards, all Men should be Knaves. The Difference lies, as far as I can see, Not in the thing it self, but the Degree.

Most Men are Cowards, all Men should be Knaves. The Difference lies, as far as I can see, Not in the thing it self, but the Degree.



God bless our good and gracious King, Whose promise none relies on; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one.

God bless our good and gracious King, Whose promise none relies on; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one.



Love's chemistry thrives best in equal heat.

Love's chemistry thrives best in equal heat.





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