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A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the wo

A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear, hath not such a contempt for roguery as you imagine. – John Gay

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But his kiss was so sweet, and so closely he pressed, that I languished and pined till I granted the rest. – John Gay

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Love :: Kisses
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John Gay
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Through all the employments of life each neighbor abuses his brother; whore and rogue they call husband and wife: All professions be-rogue one another. – John Gay

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Professionalism
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John Gay
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There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude made perfect. – Robert Louis Stevenson

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The ability to sign a check is the least reliable guide to a companys fitness. – David Plowright

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If your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and youre nuts to stay there. – Thomas J. Peters

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You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke with some one else. – Robert Louis Stevenson

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