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The wretched and miserable should turn to their Saviour first, yet they do not hope in Him until all other hope is exhausted.

Alexandre Dumas

Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth.
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Application Philosophy Science Teaching Truth
He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.
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Experience Feeling Grief Happiness Himself
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
Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes.
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Friendship Life Man Moments Storm Young Yourself
Mastery of language affords one remarkable opportunities.
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Language Master Oneself Opportunity
Without reflecting that this is the only moment in which you can study character,” said the count; “on the steps of the scaffold death tears off the mask that has been worn through life, and the real visage is disclosed.
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Character Count Death Life Moments Reality Reflection Visage
If it is ones lot to be cast among fools, one must learn foolishness.
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Fools Learning Oneself
To save a man and thereby to spare a father’s agony and a mother’s feelings is not to do a noble deed, it is but an act of humanity.
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Act Agony Father Humanity Man Save Spare
I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.
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Blind Happiness Myself Pride Proud Thinking
The custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow – so arbitrary are these transient laws.
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Awkward Custom Fashion Future Law
In every country where independence has taken the place of liberty, the first desire of a manly heart is to possess a weapon which at once renders him capable of defence or attack, and, by rendering its owner fearsome, makes him feared.
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Attack Country Defend Fear Heart Liberty Man Place
There is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret.
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Care Friendship Heard Secret
A weakened mind always sees everything through a black veil. The soul makes its own horizons; your soul is dark, which is why you see such a cloudy sky.
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Black Cloud Horizon Mindset See Sky Weakness Yourself
Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss.
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Bliss Capability Despair Man Ultimate
Yet man will never be perfect until he learns to create and destroy; he does know how to destroy, and that is half the battle.
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Battle Creation Destroy Himself Learning Man Perfection
The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates.
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Date Difference Patriotism

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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