All living things are made to be our toys; Who mocks the world, alone the world enjoys. - Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset

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Grief is a century and death a moment.

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Not of their morals would I have men chatter;
A vice or a disgrace is no great matter;
All this is by the world forgotten quick;
Throw ridicule upon them, that will stick.

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'Tis the gods' fault that made her such a fool.

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