William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"Tis the times' plague, when madmen lead the blind."
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Plague
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Albert Camus
Philosopher, Writer
"It is in the thick of calamity that one gets hardened to the truth - in other words, to silence."
Albert Camus
Philosopher, Writer
"But what does it mean, the plague? It's life, that's all."
George Sand
Novelist, Memoirist
"Gossiping is the plague of little towns."
Albert Camus
Philosopher, Writer
"They knew now that if there is one thing one can always yearn for, and sometimes attain, it is human love."
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"The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague."
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"And indeed it could be said that once the faintest stirring of hope became possible, the dominion of plague was ended."
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"Idleness is the great plague of India."
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"The plague of gold strikes far and near."
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"Trust yourself to do what you really feel like doing, and what you feel like doing will change. Don't, and it will plague you."
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"Are you saying a society wracked by plague is preferable to one wracked by indifference?"
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"A plague on both your houses."
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"Overcriminalization has become a national plague."
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"Adolescence is a plague on the senses."
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"about clichés. Avoid them like the plague."
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"The plague of man is boasting of his knowledge."
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"Ambition sufficiently plagues her proselytes, by keeping themselves always in show, like the statue of a public place."
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"There is a plague on Man, the opinion that he knows something."
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"What plagues people is not those who don't love them, but those who do."
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