No-thing less splendid than a golden sepulchre would have suited so noble a heart.

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Mejor estaría con diablos: de siete veces seis no saben lo que ellas mismas quieren.

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While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman.

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Nothing is so indecent that it cannot be said to another person if the proper words are used to convey it.

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Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy.

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The scholar, as wise as he was full of wrath, knowing that threats only serve as weapons to the person so threatened, kept all his resentment within his own breast.

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Senseless creatures, you don't see how much evil is concealed under a little good appearance.

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You must read, you must persevere, you must sit up nights, you must inquire, and exert the utmost power of your mind. If one way does not lead to the desired meaning, take another; if obstacles arise, then still another; until, if your strength holds out, you will find that clear which at first looked dark.

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In this world, you only get what you grab for.

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Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth.

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