"A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left."
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"Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.“
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"And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade."
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-Georg C. Lichtenberg
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"Strong women only marry weak men."
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