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When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentler gamester is the soonest winner


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No legacy is so rich as honesty.

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God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

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It is not in our stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

It is not in our stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.



The Eyes are the window to your soul

The Eyes are the window to your soul



What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.



Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.





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