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Lack of prudence is not generally
Lack of prudence is not generally the fault with which the pupils of the noble convent of the Sacred Heart can be reproached.
— from The Red and the Black: A Chronicle of 1830 by Stendhal

love of pelf it never goes
However strong may be the love of pelf, it never goes so far as to make him risk the loss of his influence; and the Arab noble, while in so many respects resembling the Baron of the Middle Ages, differs from him in one essential point—he abhors gambling.
— from The Horses of the Sahara and the Manners of the Desert by E.‏ (Eugène) Daumas

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