Many a true word is spoken in jest

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For there is one thing I can safely say: that those bound by love must obey each other if they are to keep company long. Love will not be constrained by mastery; when mastery comes, the God of love at once beats his wings, and farewell he is gone. Love is a thing as free as any spirit; women naturally desire liberty, and not to be constrained like slaves; and so do men, if I shall tell the truth.

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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.

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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.

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In the stars is written the death of every man.

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Women naturally desire the same six things as I; they want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous with money, obedient to the wife, and lively in bed.

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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.

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Strike while the iron is hot.

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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.

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All good things must come to an end.

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