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“I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.”

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To hurry through the rise and fall of a fine, full sentence is like defying the role of time in human life.

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The Germans will make a few scattered attacks, then go away. The Romans will enjoy a fine September.

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Just be what it is that you are, and that is just fine. You don't have to be what you're not in any way.…

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But I saw the pain and sadness in everything, and swirled it round my mouth like a fine wine.

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School plays are fine. Theater in school is fine.

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