The wicked are wicked, no doubt, and they go astray and they fall, and they come by their deserts but who can tell the mischief which the very virtuous do.
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Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
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I would rather make my name than inherit it.
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A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible.
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