An empty house is like a stray dog or a body from which life has departed.
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No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which are beyond her jurisdiction.Samuel Butler
Birth and death are so closely related that one could not destroy either without destroying the other at the same time. It is extinction that makes creation possible.
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The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.
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I'll make the fur Fly round the ears of the old cur.
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It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly.
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