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Up, and at my chamber all the morning and the office doing business, and also reading a little of L'escholle des filles, which is a mighty lewd book, but yet not amiss for a sober man once to read over to inform himself in the villainy of the world.

— Samuel Pepys

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Musique and women I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is.

But Lord! to see the absurd nature of Englishmen, that cannot forbear laughing and jeering at every thing that looks strange.

Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.

Methought it lessened my esteem of a king, that he should not be able to command the rain.

Did satisfy myself mighty fair in the truth of the saying that the world do not grow old at all, but is in as good condition in all respects as ever it was.

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