Convent - a place of retirement for women who wish for leisure to meditate upon the sin of idleness.

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The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.

The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.

History is an account mostly false of events mostly unimportant which are brought about by rulers m

History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.

The covers of this book are too far apart.

The covers of this book are too far apart.

Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge of things withou

Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge of things without parallel.

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