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"What profit has not that fable of Christ brought us!"
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"Those who cry the loudest are not always the ones who are hurt the most"
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"I have watched constantly that in our work the highest moral and spiritual standards are upheld, whether my productions deal with fable or with stories of living action."
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"Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself."
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"If you choose bad companions, no one will believe that you are anything but bad yourself."
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"History is fables agreed upon."
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"The Bible account of the creation of Eve is a preposterous fable."
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"Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth."
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"For me, the photography, in its purest form, is a variant of the fable. Another way of saving the appearances - a way of signifying, through this fabulous capture, that this supposed real world is always about to lose its meaning and its reality."
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"It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray."
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"Equals make the best friends."
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"Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease."
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"A man is known by the company he keeps"
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"Self-help is the best help"
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"All the ancient histories, as one of our wits say, are just fables that have been agreed upon"
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"[The Bible is] a mass of fables and traditions, mere mythology."
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"History is a combination of reality and lies. The reality of History becomes a lie. The unreality of the fable becomes the truth."
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"Fiction or fable allures to instruction."
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"Science Fiction has always been and will always be a fable teacher of morality."
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"By and large... the good's an illusion, little fables folks tell themselves so they can get through their days without screaming too much."
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