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• It does not pay a prophet to be too specific. -- L. Sprague de Camp
• Amor, ch'al cor gentil ratto s'apprende, prese costui de la bella persona che mi fu tolta
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• When woman no longer finds herself acceptable to men, she turns to religion.
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• Self-love is the greatest of flatterers. -- Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld
• Take hope from the heart of man, and you make him a beast of prey.
  -- Ouida (Marie Louise de la Ramee)...
• The veracity which increases with old age is not far from folly.
  -- Francis, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) -- Maxim 416...