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• A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and… — Lord Chesterfield
• Jokes aside, let us turn to serious matters. — Horace
• Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters. — Cato the Elder
• We Persians have a saying that one should deliberate serious matters first drunk, then sober. — Mary Renault
• Is there anyone to whom you entrust a greater number of serious matters than your wife? And is there anyone with whom… — Socrates
• When curiosity turns to serious matters, it's called research. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
• Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night. — Philip K. Dick
• Yes, my mind was wandering. I wished I were there with someone who could bring peace to my heart someone with whom… — Paulo Coelho
• Well met, Mistress Lirael. This ragamuffin, as your servant so aptly described him, is His Highness Prince Sameth, the Abhorsen-in-Waiting. Hence the… — Garth Nix
• I must not step into too spruce a style for serious matters; and yet I approve not the dull insipid way of… — Robert Boyle

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