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“All that glisters is not gold;
Often have you heard that told:
Many a man his life hath sold
But my outside to behold:
Gilded tombs do worms enfold.”
― The Merchant of Venice
Often have you heard that told:
Many a man his life hath sold
But my outside to behold:
Gilded tombs do worms enfold.”
― The Merchant of Venice
“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.”
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“We dream in our waking moments, and walk in our sleep.”
― The Scarlet Letter
― The Scarlet Letter
“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.”
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