Whoever heard a man of fortune in England talk of the necessaries of life ... Whether we can afford it or no, we must have superfluities.
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I felt good if they ran the 1-3-1 against the offense we're using. Then we went out there and didn't show a lot of patience and poise, didn't get it set up, didn't pass the ball around and make their zone work.
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Of all mechanics, of all servile handycrafts-men, a gamester is the vilest. But yet, as many of the quality are of the profession, he is admitted amongst the politest company.
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And when a lady's in the case, You know all other things give place.
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But money, wife, is the true Fuller's Earth for reputations, there is not a spot or a stain but what it can take out.
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How the mother is to be pitied who hath handsome daughters Locks, bolts, bars, and lectures of morality are nothing to them they break through them all. They have as much pleasure in cheating a father and mother, as in cheating at cards.
John Gay
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