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By AnonymEmile Gaboriau
A father is the one friend upon whom we can always rely. In the hour of need, when all else fails, we remember him upon whose knees we sat when children, and who soothed our sorrows; and even though he may be unable to assist us, his mere presence serves to comfort and strengthen us.
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By AnonymEmile Gaboriau
Alas! we must suffer ourselves before we can feel for others.
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By AnonymEmile Gaboriau
A woman scoffs at evidence. Show her the sun, tell her it is daylight, at once she will close her eyes and say to you, "No, it is night.
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By AnonymEmile Gaboriau
He was as yet not sufficiently experienced in ruffianism to know that one villain always sacrifices another to advance his own project; he was credulous enough to believe in the old adage of honor amongst thieves.
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By AnonymEmile Gaboriau
Revenge is a luscious fruit which you must leave to ripen.
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By AnonymEmile Gaboriau
Woman submits to her fate; man makes his
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By AnonymEmile Gaboriau
Women never confess and even when they seemingly resign themselves to such a course they are not sincere.
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By AnonymEmile Gaboriau
...chance is sometimes a wonderful accomplice in crime.
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By AnonymEmile Gaboriau
I have watched him as only a woman can watch a man upon whom her fate depends, but it has always been in vain.
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By AnonymEmile Gaboriau
It is at the family fireside, often under the shelter of the law itself, that the real tragedies of life are acted; in these days traitors wear gloves, scoundrels cloak themselves in public esteem, and their victims die broken-hearted, but smiling to the last. What I have just related to you is almost an every-day occurrence; and yet you profess astonishment.
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By AnonymEmile Gaboriau
Vengeance is a delicious fruit, which must be allowed to ripen in order that it may be fully enjoyed.
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