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“Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.”
― The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.”
― The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

“Your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others.”
― Heart of Darkness
― Heart of Darkness

“My ambition is handicapped by laziness”
― Factotum
― Factotum

“These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which as they kiss consume. The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
Therefore love moderately; long love doth so;
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.”
― Romeo and Juliet
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which as they kiss consume. The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
Therefore love moderately; long love doth so;
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.”
― Romeo and Juliet

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