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“ There had been an attempt to humiliate him. It had not succeeded. He had paid, but pain, like pleasure, has no duration. Pride was an entity more persistent. ”

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If religions are diseases of the human psyche, as the philosopher Grintholde asserts, then religious wars must be reckoned the resultant sores and cankers infecting the aggregate corpus of the human race. Of all wars, these are the most detestable, since they are waged for no tangible gain, but only to impose a set of arbitrary credos upon another's mind.

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Good music always defeats bad luck.

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I understand the gist of your speculation,' said Rhialto. 'It is most likely nuncupatory.

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I am not Cugel the Clever for nothing!

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