"Every man is the son of his own works."

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"Thou hast seen nothing yet."

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"The eyes those silent tongues of love."

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"I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar."

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