. . . the poor man, whom the law does not allow to take . . . a pair of shoes for his freezing feet, is allowed to put his hand into the pocket of the rich, and say, You shall educate me. . . .
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. . . the poor man, whom the ...
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Books that distribute things... with as daring a freedom as we use in dreams, put us on our feet again.
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Law it is . . . which hears without ears, sees without eyes, moves without feet and seizes without hands.
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The doctors of antiquity have affirmed that love is a passion that resembles a melancholy disease. The physician Rasis prescribed, therefore, in order to recover, coitus, fasting, drunkenness, and walking.
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You are running to seek your friend. Let your feet run, but your mind need not.
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