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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.

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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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