Oh, those women! They nurse and cuddle their presentiments, and make darlings of their ugliest thoughts.
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Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!
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Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
"Revenge may be wicked, but it's natural."
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Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
"Men's evil manners live in brass: their virtues
We write in water."
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Henry VIII by William Shakespeare
"Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it do singe yourself."
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Henry VIII by William Shakespeare
"The path is smooth that leadeth on to danger."
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Venus and Adonis by William Shakespeare
"Affection is a coal that must be cool'd;
Else, suffer'd, it will set the heart on fire. "
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Venus and Adonis by William Shakespeare
"Love comforteth like sunshine after rain."
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Venus and Adonis by William Shakespeare
"The owl, night's herald."
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Venus and Adonis by William Shakespeare
The book of female logic is blotted all over with tears, and Justice in their courts is for ever in a passion.
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The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray
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