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• It is not right to vex ourselves at things, for they care not about it.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Care

  "Meditations". Book by Marcus Aurelius. Book VII, 38,

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• There are too many steps in this castle, and it seems to me they add a few every night, just to vex me" - Maester Cressen

  George R. R. Martin

  Night, Castles, Add

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.749, Bantam

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• By the way, all joking aside, do I call you Ghastly or Elder Bespoke?' 'You can call me whatever you like.' Vex nodded. 'Thank you, Gladys.

  Derek Landy

  Way, Call Me, Elders

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• But that's not the name of a man, it's the name of a mountain! (...) "It is my name," Athos said calmly. "But you said your name was d'Artagnan." "I?" "Yes, you." "That is to say, someone said to me: 'You are M. d'Artagnan?' I replied: 'You think so?' My guards shouted that they were sure of it. I did not want to vex them. Besides, I might have been mistaken.

  Alexandre Dumas

  Men, Thinking, Names

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• I grow in worth, and wit, and sense, Unboding critic-pen, Or that eternal want of pence, Which vexes public men.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Men, Want, Wit

  'Will Waterproof's Lyrical Monologue' (1842) st. 6

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