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So he went down, smiling sceptically and mutter the final word in human wisdom: ‘Perhaps!

Alexandre Dumas

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
Be happy, noble heart, be blessed for all the good thou hast done and wilt do hereafter, and let my gratitude remain in obscurity like your good deeds.
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Blessing Goodness Gratitude Happiness Heart Myself
If it is ones lot to be cast among fools, one must learn foolishness.
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Fools Learning Oneself
Misfortune does not help us to believe.
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Believe Deep Misery Misfortune
Ah, lips that say one thing, while the heart thinks another.
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Different Heart Lips Oneself Thinking
All for one, one for all, that is our device.
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Device Oneself
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
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
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
You are very amiable, no doubt, but you would be charming if you would only depart.
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Charming Doubt Yourself
Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.
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Dragon Fight Guard Happiness Order Palace
When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream forever.
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Comparison Dreams Forever Imagination Life Oneself Reality Sorrow
No, I slept as I always do when I am bored and have not the courage to amuse myself, or when I am hungry and have not the desire to eat.
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Boredom Courage Desire Hungry Myself Sleep
Your bitter memories still have time to turn into sweet ones.
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Bitter Memories Oneself Sweet Time
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
One’s work may be finished someday, but one’s education never.
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Education Finish Oneself Work

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