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“Death was a friend, and sleep was death’s brother.” John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

“He that uses his words loosely and unsteadily will either be not minded or not understood.” John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

“The higher we are placed, the more humbly should we walk.” Marcus Tullius Cicero, On Duties

“Only free men can negotiate.” Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom

“There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.” Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.” William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

“She found a dark satisfaction in pain—because that pain came from him.” Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

“Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.” Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

“Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men's nurses.” Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon

“Is not general incivility the very essence of love?” Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

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