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He that hath lands hath quarrells.
He that hath lands hath quarrells.
Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.
Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Some evils are cured by contempt.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded.
That all the Apostles would have done as they did.
Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded.
That all the Apostles would have done as they did.
If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.
If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.
An uncalled-for defence becomes a positive accusation.
An uncalled-for defence becomes a positive accusation.
