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  • I always take blushing either for a sign of guilt, or of ill breeding.

    -William Congreve
      Petulant to Mirabell. The Way of the World, act1, sc.9.

  • 'Twonations; betweenwhomthere isnointercourseand no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets; who are formed bya different breeding, are fed by a different 276 food, are ordered by different manners, and are not governed by the same laws.' 'You speak of'said Egremont, hesitatingly.'THE RICH ANDTHE POOR.'

    - Benjamin, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield Disraeli
      Sybil, bk.2, ch.5.

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