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| James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899. |
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| A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels as they run. | 1 |
| Count art by gold, and it fetters the feet it once winged. | 2 |
| Genius cannot escape the taint of its time more than a child the influence of its begetting. | 3 |
| Petty laws breed great crimes. | 4 |
| The song that we hear with our ears is only the song that is sung with our hearts. | 5 |
| To vice, innocence must always seem only a superior kind of chicanery. | 6 |
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