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Thursday, 4 December 2008

Daily Quote: "There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas; there are other people who want to strangle you simply because it is Christmas." (Lynd, Robert - Christmas)

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All that glitters is not gold.

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At most, the greatest persons are but great wens, and excrescences; men of wit and delightful conversation, but as morals for ornament, except they be so incorporated into the body of the world that they contribute something to the sustentation of the whole.

-- Donne, John | Greatness

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