For the light of beauty men go down into the darkest pits.

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The smart of the lash soon dies--the memory of it never.

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The meaner a man is, the meaner he not only feels but looks.

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The greenest turf covers the blackest soil.

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Only an earthquake can shake a selfish soul.

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One woman-wolf is more to be dreaded than a den of lions.

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There are women whose smile is poison, whose touch is death.

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Bequeath your good deeds to memory, your bad deeds to oblivion.