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Quote by William Congreve
Invention flags, his brain goes muddy, and black despair succeeds

Invention flags, his brain goes muddy, and black despair succeeds brown study. – William Congreve

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They come together like the Coroners Inquest, to sit upon the murdered reputations of the week. – William Congreve

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I think the end goal, hopefully, is to take advantage of the attention Ive gotten along the way and use it for good and build some communities, and as I get older I can continue to do things and be surrounded by things that are inspirational to me. – Reggie Watts

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I do love to eavesdrop. Its inspirational, not only for subject matter but for actual dialogue, the way people talk. – Lynda Barry

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We cant help everyone, but everyone can help someone. – Ronald Reagan

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Had it not been for you, I should have remained what I was when we first met, a prejudiced, narrow-minded being, with contracted sympathies and false knowledge, wasting my life on obsolete trifles, and utterly insensible to the privilege of living in this wondrous age of change and progress. – Benjamin Disraeli

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The more laws, the less justice. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Rather would I have the love songs of romantic ages, rather Don Juan and Madame Venus, rather an elopement by ladder and rope on a moonlight night, followed by the fathers curse, mothers moans, and the moral comments of neighbors, than correctness and propriety measured by yardsticks. – Emma Goldman

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