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The heart that has truly loved never forgets.

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There are dreadful punishments enacted against thieves, but it were much better to make such good provisions by which every man might be put in a method how to live, and so be preserved from the fatal necessity of stealing and of dying for it.
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Better Death Preserve Punishment Steal Thief
If the lion knew his own strength, hard were it for any man to rule him.
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Himself Lion Man Rule Strength
What is deferred is not avoided.
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Avoid One Liner
The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.
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Grace Hard Work Prayer
The Utopians feel that slaughtering our fellow creatures gradually destroys the sense of compassion, which is the finest sentiment of which our human nature is capable.
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Capability Compassion Creature Feeling Human Nature
Most people know nothing about learning; many despise it. Dummies reject as too hard whatever is not dumb.
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Hard Learning People
There are several sorts of religions, not only in different parts of the island, but even in every town; some worshipping the sun, others the moon or one of the planets.
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Moon Planet Religion Several Worship
Two evils, greed and faction are the destruction of all justice.
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Destruction Evil Greed Justice
Nor can they understand why a totally useless substance like gold should now, all over the world, be considered far more important than human beings, who gave it such value as it has, purely for their own convenience.
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Gold Substance Understand Value
And one wild Shakespeare, following Nature’s lights, Is worth whole planets, filled with Stagyrites.
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Follow Light Literature Nature Planet
What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine.
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Age Leave Love Rose Wine Youth
I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.
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Law Myself Protection Reason
The way to heaven out of all places is of length and distance.
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Distance Heaven Place
Instead of inflicting these horrible punishments, it would be far more to the point to provide everyone with some means of livelihood, so that nobody’s under the frightful necessity of becoming, first a thief, and then a corpse.
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Death Horrible Punishment Thief
It is part of the business of life to be affable and pleasing to those whom either nature, chance or circumstance has made our companions.
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Business Chance Life Nature Ourselves
It’s a poor doctor who can’t cure one disease without giving you another.
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Cure Doctor Poor Yourself

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