He loved a lifeless thing and he was utterly and hopelessly wretched.
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What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere.
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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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Time is generally the best doctor.
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Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.
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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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What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it alone, she lives.
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Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.
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Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.
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Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
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Love is a kind of warfare.
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I am a shipwrecked man who fears every sea.
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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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I can live neither with you, nor without you.
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Everyone’s a millionaire where promises are concerned.
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The bold adventurer succeeds the best.
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