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Charles Sumner

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Imagine them adding insult to imagery.
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Free will carried many a soul to hell, but never a soul to heaven.
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We work because it's a chain reaction, each subject leads to the next.
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Who ever said that pleasure wasn't functional?
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Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making ships.
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A man can preach no better than he prays.
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