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“Disagreeable suspicions are usually the fruits of a second marriage.”

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Jean Racine, born on December 22, 1639 and died on April 21, 1699, was a prominent French dramatist. Known for his tragic plays, he is considered one of the greatest representatives of classical French drama. more

“In literature and in art, alike, this gloomy fashion of regarding Death has been characteristic of Christianity. Death has been painted as a skeleton grasping a scythe, a grinning skull, a threatening figure with terrible face and uplifted dart, a bony scarecrow shaking an hourglass - all that could alarm and repel has been gathered round this rightly-named King of Terrors.”

Source: The Theosophical Writings of Annie Besant

“Even the most respectable woman has a complete set of clothes in her wardrobe ready for a possible abduction.”

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Author:Sacha Guitry

“Some of the days in November carry the whole memory of summer as a fire opal carries the color of moonrise.”

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Author:Gladys Taber

“Some people just wanted to blow it all to hell, animal, vegetable and mineral. They wanted a Vietnam they could fit into their car ashtrays.”

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Book:Dispatches

Source: Dispatches

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