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La giovane, che non era di ferro né di diamante, assai agevolmente si piegò ai piaceri dello abate.

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No-thing less splendid than a golden sepulchre would have suited so noble a heart.
Wrongs committed in the distant past are far easier to condemn than to rectify.
They brought it to a common saying there that the most acceptable service one could render to God was to put the devil in Hell.
In this world, you only get what you grab for.
Let this grisly beginning be none other to you than is to wayfarers a rugged and steep mountain.
To have compassion for those who suffer is a human quality which everyone should possess, especially those who have required comfort themselves in the past and have managed to find it in others.
Mejor estaría con diablos: de siete veces seis no saben lo que ellas mismas quieren.
Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy.
Nothing is so indecent that it cannot be said to another person if the proper words are used to convey it.
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.