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Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die. – Voltaire

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The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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Men marry because they are tired women, because they are curious both are disappointed. – Oscar Wilde

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