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There are misfortunes in life that no one will accept; people would rather believe in the supernatural and the impossible.

Alexandre Dumas

Philosophy cannot be taught; it is the application of the sciences to truth.
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Application Philosophy Science Teaching Truth
Hatred is blind; rage carries you away; and he who pours out vengeance runs the risk of tasting a bitter draught.
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Bitter Blind Hate Rage Risk Task
It is rare that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman.
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Man Promise Rare Threat Woman
You are very amiable, no doubt, but you would be charming if you would only depart.
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Charming Doubt Yourself
There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.
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Comparison Grief Happiness Misery Oneself State World
I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.
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Fools Myself Rest
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
Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.
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Adventure Fear Myself Seek
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
So rapid is the flight of our dreams upon the wings of imagination.
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Dreams Imagination Ourselves Wings
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
Your bitter memories still have time to turn into sweet ones.
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Bitter Memories Oneself Sweet Time
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
The friends we have lost do not repose under the ground, they are buried deep in our hearts. It has been thus ordained that they may always accompany us.
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Friendship Ground Heart Lost Ourselves
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
In business, sir, one has no friends, only correspondents.
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Business Friendship Oneself

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