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I do not like being moved: for the will is excited; and action
Is a most dangerous thing; I tremble for something factitious,
Some malpractice of heart and illegitimate process;
We are so prone to these things, with our terrible notions of duty.

— Arthur Hugh Clough Amours de Voyage (1858)

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Thou shalt have one God only; who
Would be at the expense of two?

The horrible pleasure of pleasing inferior people.

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Allah is great, no doubt, and Juxtaposition his prophet.

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A world where nothing is had for nothing.

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That out of sight is out of mind
Is true of most we leave behind.

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