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Tomás de Torquemada: It's better to lose your skullcap than your skull.

 
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E o abade pançudo que ? tardinha, ? varanda, palita o dente furado saboreando o seu café com um ar paterno, traz dentro em si os indistintos restos dum Torquemada.

 
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