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So rapid is the flight of our dreams upon the wings of imagination.

Alexandre Dumas

For the happy man prayer is only a jumble of words, until the day when sorrow comes to explain to him the sublime language by means of which he speaks to God.
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Explanation God Happiness Himself Language Man Prayer Talk
We must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to overflow, it will choke you.
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Accompany Allow Choke Excessive Expectation Love
I am strong against everything, except against the death of those I love. He who dies gains; he who sees others die loses.
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Death Lose Love Strength Strong
True love always makes a man better, no matter who the woman is that inspires it.
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Better Inspirational Love Man Woman
So much the worse for those who fear wine, for it is because they have some bad thoughts which they are afraid the liquor will extract from their hearts.
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Afraid Alcohol Bad Fear Heart Thinking Worst
The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates.
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Date Difference Patriotism
True, I have raped history, but it has produced some beautiful offspring.
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Beautiful History Offspring Rape
The wretched and miserable should turn to their Saviour first, yet they do not hope in Him until all other hope is exhausted.
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Belief Faith God Himself Hope Misery
Misfortune does not help us to believe.
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Believe Deep Misery Misfortune
So he went down, smiling sceptically and mutter the final word in human wisdom: ‘Perhaps!
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Final Himself Smile Wisdom
Wait and hope!
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Hope Patience Wait
God orders a man to do all he can to save his life.
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God Himself Life Man Order Save
There is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret.
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Care Friendship Heard Secret
Your bitter memories still have time to turn into sweet ones.
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Bitter Memories Oneself Sweet Time
You scholars, you’re in communication with the devil.
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Communication Devil Yourself
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself.
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Doubt Enemy Man Person Rank
When a man resolves to avenge himself, he should first of all tear out the heart from his breast.
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Heart Himself Man Resolution
One’s work may be finished someday, but one’s education never.
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Education Finish Oneself Work
Here is your final lesson – do not commit the crime for which you now serve the sentence. God said, “Vengeance is mine.” […] He believes in you.
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Believe Final God Himself Lesson Revenge Sentence
All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.
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Division Fall Togetherness Unity
In politics, my dear fellow, you know, as well as I do, there are no men, but ideas – no feelings, but interests; in politics we do not kill a man, we only remove an obstacle, that is all.
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Feeling Ideas Kill Known Man Obstacle Politics Removal
There are people who are willing to suffer and swallow their tears at leisure, and God will no doubt reward them in heaven for their resignation; but those who have the will to struggle strike back at fate in retaliation for the blows they receive.
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Blow Heaven People Resignation Struggle Suffering Tears Willing
So rapid is the flight of our dreams upon the wings of imagination.
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Dreams Imagination Ourselves Wings
Mastery of language affords one remarkable opportunities.
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Language Master Oneself Opportunity
We are never quits with those who oblige us,” was Dantes’ reply; “for when we do not owe them money, we owe them gratitude.
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Gratitude Money Obligation Quit
Joy to hearts which have suffered long is like the dew on the ground after a long drought; both the heart and the ground absorb that beneficent moisture falling on them, and nothing is outwardly apparant.
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Drought Fall Ground Heart Suffering
If it is ones lot to be cast among fools, one must learn foolishness.
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Fools Learning Oneself

So rapid is the flight of our dreams upon the wings of imagination.

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