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There are no rewards or punishments - only consequences.
William Ralph Inge
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I have no fear that the candle lighted in Palestine years ago will ever be put out.
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Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to the average person.
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