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Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.

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Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow’s dark array, – Days of absence, I am weary; She I love is far away.

Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow’s dark array, – Days of absence, I am weary; She I love is far away.

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I hate books, they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.

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