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Gustave Flaubert

Never had he beheld such a magnificent brown skin, so entrancing a figure, such dainty transparent fingers. He stood gazing in wonder at her work-basket as if it was something extraordinary. What was her name? Where did she live and what sort of life about did she lead? What was her past? He wanted to know what furniture she had in her bedroom, the dresses she wore, the people she knew. Even his physical desire for her gave way to a deeper yearning, a boundless, aching curiosity.

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One may buy gold too dear.

Faith |

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Not being tempted is a sign that fortune has forgotten you.

Faith | Will |

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One daughter helps to marry the other.

Faith | Wit |

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That that comes of a cat will catch mice.

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Too many chiefs, not enough warriors.

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Two cocks in one yard do not agree.

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When wine sinks, words swim.

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When the danger is past God is cheated.

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Without temptation there is no victory.

Atheism | Impulse |

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J. B. Priestly, fully John Boynton Priestly

Like its politicians and its wars, society has the teenagers it deserves.

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J. B. Priestly, fully John Boynton Priestly

I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.

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You are more likely to win if you take the initiative and make an attack rather than preparing to defend yourself.

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Wise men learn by other men's mistakes, fools by their own.

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