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Christmas is here: Winds whistle shrill, Icy and chill, Little care we: Little we fear Weather without, Sheltered about The Mahogany-Tree.


William Makepeace Thackeray

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WILLIAM MASTERS The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE To be, or not to be, that is the question.
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.
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