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The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates.

Alexandre Dumas

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
Tell the angel who will watch over your life to pray now and then for a man who, like Satan, believed himself for an instant to be equal to God, but who realized in all humility that supreme power and wisdom are in the hands of God alone.
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Alone Angel Equality God Life Prayer Watch
So rapid is the flight of our dreams upon the wings of imagination.
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Dreams Imagination Ourselves Wings
Life is a storm. One minute you will bathe under the sun and the next you will be shattered upon the rocks. That’s when you shout, “Do your worst, for I will do mine!” and you will be remembered forever.
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Forever Life Remember Storm Willing
In business, sir, one has no friends, only correspondents.
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Business Friendship Oneself
If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill Himself.
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God Himself Kill Life Live Man
I am a count, not a saint.
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Count Myself Saint
If it is ones lot to be cast among fools, one must learn foolishness.
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Fools Learning Oneself
Every individual, from the highest to the lowest degree, has his place in the ladder of social life, and around him swirls a little world of interests, composed of stormy passions and conflicting atoms.
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Conflict Life Passion Place Social Storm
Often we pass beside happiness without seeing it, without looking at it, or even if we have seen and looked at it, without recognizing it.
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Beside Happiness Pass Recognition
I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death.
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Death Hold Life Myself
There are two ways of seeing: with the body and with the soul. The body’s sight can sometimes forget, but the soul remembers forever.
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Body Forever Forget Remember See Sight Soul Way
Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth.
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Application Philosophy Science Teaching Truth
The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.
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Difficult Lying Value
Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.
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Adventure Fear Myself Seek
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

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