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Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.
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Age merely shows what children we remain.
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A useless life is an early death.
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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A person hears only what they understand.
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A man's errors are what make him amiable
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A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.
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A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.
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A man can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.
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A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.
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The greatest difficulties lie where we are not looking for them.
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The human mind will not be confined to any limits.
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We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases.
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Reason can never be popular. Passions and feelings may become popular, but reason will always remain the sole property of a few eminent individuals.
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Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops.
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Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.
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Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture.
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All that is noble is in itself of a quiet nature, and appears to sleep until it is aroused and summoned forth by contrast.
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.
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Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.
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He who has a task to perform must know how to take sides, or he is quite unworthy of it.
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Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this.
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To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.
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We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.
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What is not fully understood is not possessed.
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What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
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I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself.
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Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished.
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Out of moderation a pure happiness springs.
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Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.
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