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Quote by William Cowper
Visitors are insatiable devourers of time, and fit only for those

Visitors are insatiable devourers of time, and fit only for those who, if they did not visit, would do nothing. – William Cowper

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War is a game which were their subjects wise, kings would not play at. – William Cowper

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War
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William Cowper
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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame;
He hides behind a magisterial air
He own offences, and strips others bare. – William Cowper

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Satire
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William Cowper
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose. – William Cowper

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Happiness
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The first day, a guest; the second, a burden; the third, a pest. – Edouard R. Laboulaye

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Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days. – Benjamin Franklin

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Guests

Santa Claus has the right idea: Visit people once a year. – Victor Borge

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Guests

A civil guest will no more talk all, than eat all the feast. – George Herheri

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Guests

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The beginning is the half of every action. – Proverb

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Beginnings

An exhibitionist is nothing without a voyeur. – S.A. Sachs

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Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse. – Francis Bacon

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Art

No matter where I go – London, Beirut, Jerusalem, Washington, Beijing, or Bangalore – Im always looking to rediscover that land of ten thousand lakes where politics actually worked to make peoples lives better, not pull them apart. – Thomas Friedman

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Politics