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Take gifts with a sigh: most men give to be paid.

— John Boyle O'Reilly

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The organized charity, scrimped and iced, In the name of a cautious, statistical Christ.

Be silent and safe—silence never betrays you.

I'd rather live in Bohemia than in any other land.

Who heeds not experience, trust him not.

But the gods are dead—
Ay, Zeus is dead, and all the gods but Doubt,
And doubt is brother devil to Despair!

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