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be deprived of

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The people of Liberia know what it means to be deprived of clean water, but we also know what it means to see our children to begin to smile again with a restoration of hope and faith in the future. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

The Chinese say it is better to be deprived of food for three days than tea for one. Khaled Hosseini

I think that it would be less difficult to live eternally than to be deprived of sleep throughout life. Anton Chekhov

Toleration in religion was one of the great rights of man, and a man ought never to be deprived of what was his natural right. Charles James Fox

You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else, but remember that no one can ever take away your honor. William Lyon Phelps

Who reminds old, will be deprived of his eye. Russian Proverb

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