Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.
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Tis a fine thing for children to learn to make verse but when they come to be men, they must speak like other men, or else they will be laughed at
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A glorious Church is like a magnificent feast there is all the variety that may be, but every one chooses out a dish or two that he likes, and lets the rest alone.
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