"Most orgies that you go to, I have found, most of it is sad. All that wildness, all those laughs were like the shining silver and gold paper on packages, but there was nothing inside."

Gold, Nothing, Sammy Davis, Jr.

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"Most orgies that you go to, I have found, most of it is sad. All that wildness, all those laughs were like the shining silver and gold paper on packages, but there was nothing inside."

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"O accursed hunger of gold, to what dost thou not compel human hearts!"

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