“ Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time. ”
- Francis Bacon- Copy
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“ One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life. ”
- L. Estrange- Copy
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“ Steal! — to be sure they may; and egad, serve your best thoughts as gypsies do stolen children, disfigure them to make 'em pass for their own. ”
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan- Copy
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“ Dollars! All their cares, hopes, joys, affections, virtues, and associations seemed to be melted down into dollars. Whatever the chance contributions that fell into the slow cauldron of their talk, they made the gruel thick and slab with dollars. Men were weighed by their dollars, measures were gauged by their dollars; life was auctioned, appraised, put up, and knocked down for its dollars… ”
- Charles Dickens- Copy
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