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Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy.

Alexandre Dumas

The tree forsakes not the flower: the flower falls from the tree.
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Betrayal Flower Tree
Truly generous men are always ready to become sympathetic when their enemy’s misfortune surpasses the limits of their hatred.
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Fortune Generosity Hate Limitation True
It is almost as difficult to keep a first class person in a fourth class job, as it is to keep a fourth class person in a first class job.
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Difficult Person Position
And now, farewell to kindness, humanity and gratitude… I have substituted myself for Providence in rewarding the good; may the God of vengeance now yield me His place to punish the wicked.
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Farewell Kindness Place Punish Revenge Reward Substitute
All for one, one for all, that is our device.
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Device Oneself
You scholars, you’re in communication with the devil.
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Communication Devil Yourself
As a general rule…people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it.
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Advice Blame General Order People Rule
Misfortune does not help us to believe.
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Believe Deep Misery Misfortune
That is a dream also; only he has remained asleep, while you have awakened; and who knows which of you is the most fortunate?
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Awake Dreams Fortunate Himself Known Sleep
Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth.
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Application Philosophy Science Teaching Truth
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
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
The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.
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Difficult Lying Value
It was like the eve of a battle; the hearts beat, the eyes laughed, and they felft that the life they were perhaps going to lose, was after all, a good thing.
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Battle Goodness Heart Beat Laughter Lose
Women are never so strong as after their defeat.
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Defeat Myself Strong Woman
If you wish to discover the guilty person, first find out to whom the crime might be useful.
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Crime Discover Finding Wish Yourself

Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy.

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