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I wish I played an instrument, but I could never decide which one, and I ended up playing nothing.


Nastassja Kinski

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BAUDOUIN I Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
NAPOLEON I When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of her beauty.
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Let justice be done, though the world perish.
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FAROUK I Never make a defence or apology before you be accused.
CHARLES I The daughter of debate That still discord doth sow.
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A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.
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Like threads of silver seen through crystal beads
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Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
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That is the supreme value of history. The study of it is the best guarantee against repeating it.
It is a natural virtue incident to our sex to be pitiful of those that are afflicted.
ELIZABETH I A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.
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ELIZABETH I All my possessions for a moment of time.
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