"Our wrangling lawyers... are so litigious and busy here on earth, that I think they will plead their clients' causes hereafter,—some of them in hell."

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“To these crocodile tears they will add sobs, fiery sighs, and sorrowful countenance.”

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“Seneca thinks the gods are well pleased when they see great men contending with adversity.”

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— Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

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