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A man wastes his time going to hear some of our eloquent modern preachers; they may change his opinions, but never his conduct.

Honore de Balzac

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God is the poet; men are but the actors. The great dramas of earth were written in heaven.
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Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in another’s happiness than in your own.
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