I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of dust, I forgot to ask that they be years of youth.
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My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.
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Habits change into character.
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Anything cracked will shatter at a touch.
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First appearance deceives many.
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Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.
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If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love.
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A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man’s brow.
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Our native land charms us with inexpressible sweetness, and never, never allows us to forget that we belong to it.
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He who can believe himself well, will be well.
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It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe there are.
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Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.
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There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
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Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.
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Greatly he failed, but he had greatly dared.
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What we have been, or now are, we shall not be tomorrow.
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