Curiosity is the direct incontinence of the spirit.
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He that loves not his wife and children feeds a lioness at home, and broods a nest of sorrows.
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Nothing is greater, or more fearful sacrilege than to prostitute the great name of God to the petulancy of an idle tongue
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