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The Family
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"The Family" by Mario Puzo is a historical novel that explores the power, intrigue, and legacy of the Borgia family during the Italian Renaissance.

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A real man makes his own luck.

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The richest man is the one with the most powerful friends.

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Your enemies always get strong on what you leave behind.

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In my city, we would keep the traffic lights on longer so that people would have to stop and talk to each other.

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The only wealth in this world is children, more than all the money, power on earth.

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A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.

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Friendship and money: oil and water.

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The lawyer with the briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.

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There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

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