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Nature is the glass reflecting God, as by the sea reflected is the sun,...
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We cannot destroy kindred Our chains stretch a little sometimes, but they never break.
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In peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes...
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Cosmic upheaval is not so moving as a little child pondering the death of...
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‘Let thine occupations be few,’ saith the sage, ‘if thou wouldst lead a tranquil...
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If something anticipated arrives too late it finds us numb, wrung out from waiting,...
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Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him.
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Indecision regarding the choice among pleasures temporarily robs a man of inner peace. After...
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If suffer we must, let’s suffer on the heights.
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The reading of all good books is indeed like a conversation with the noblest...