The unambitious sluggard pretends that the eminence is not worth attaining, declines altogether the struggle, and calls himself … - William Makepeace Thackeray

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No matter how many lawyers and lawsuits Obama throws at Arizona, we will have the American people and the Constitution on our side.

William Makepeace Thackeray

The unambitious sluggard pretends that the eminence is not worth attaining, declines altogether the struggle, and calls himself a philosopher. I say he is a poor-spirited coward.

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Almost all women have hearts full of pity.

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At that comfortable tavern on Pontchartrain we had a bouillabaisse than which a better was never eaten at Marseilles; and not the least headache in the morning, I give you my word; on the contrary, you only wake with a sweet refreshing thirst for claret and water.

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