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All really great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction. ↗

— Marya Mannes

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The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

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We have a maxim in the House of Commons, and written on the walls of our houses, that old ways are the safest and surest ways. ↗

— Edward Coke

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All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

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Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

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