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And too soon Marred are those so early Made. ↗

— William Shakespeare

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We know that second terms have historically been marred by hubris and by scandal. ↗

— David R. Gergen

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His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. At one time he understood it no more than the butterfly did and he did not know when it was brushed or marred. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

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So often is the virgin sheet of paper more real than what one has to say, and so often one regrets having marred it. ↗

— Harold Acton

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