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Nothing appears more surprising to those, who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few; and the implicit submission, with which men resign their own sentiments and passions to those of their rulers.

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Walter Scott

From my experience, not one in twenty marries the first love; we build statues of snow and weep to see them melt.

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