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O! what a prodigal have I been of that most valuable of all possessions — Time!

— George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham

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The world is made up, for the most part, of fools and knaves, both irreconcileable foes to truth.

A mans fame and hayre grow most after death, and are both equally uselesse.

What a Devil is the Plot good for, but to bring in fine things?

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Ay, now the Plot thickens very much upon us.

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