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Facts are stubborn things.
Facts are stubborn things.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
The same dish cooked over and over again wears out the irksome
life of the teacher.
The same dish cooked over and over again wears out the irksome
life of the teacher.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
Men would be angels, angels would be gods.
Men would be angels, angels would be gods.
I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.
I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has read more
What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin
than Dobbin my thill-horse has on his tail.
