But, for my own part, it was Greek to me.
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Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
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As merry as the day is long.
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Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have immortal longings in me.
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There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.
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The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.
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They stumble that run fast.
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The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people.
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"Through me the way is to the city of woe, through me the way is to eternal pain, through me the way among the lost people."
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There the dreadful Erichtho writhed, who summoned back the shadows to their bodies.
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