The sun comes out, a golden huzzar, from his tent, flashing his helm on the world.
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The Confidence-Man by Herman Melville
"Money, you think, is the sole motive to pains and hazard, deception and deviltry, in this world. How much money did the devil make by gulling Eve?"
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The Confidence-Man by Herman Melville
"Since mine own doors refuse to entertain me,
I'll knock elsewhere, to see if they'll disdain me."
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The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
"If she lives till doomsday, she'll burn week longer than the whole world."
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The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
"It's as large as life, and twice as natural!"
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Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
"'Well, now that we HAVE seen each other," said the Unicorn, "if you'll believe in me, I'll believe in you."
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Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean-neither more nor less."
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Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
"Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
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Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark.
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The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien
I have lived to see strange days.
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The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien
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