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Tremble, ye tyrants, for ye can not die.

— Jacques Delille Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922)

Tremblez, tyrans, vous êtes immortels.

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I love to dream, but do not wish
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Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.

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