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Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these
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Ideals are like stars: you will not succeed in touching them with your hands,...
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Behind every great fortune there is a crime.
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The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the ordinary.
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Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like...
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The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by...
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He who wishes to exert a useful influence must be careful to insult nothing....
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Political language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable,...
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Sweet are the uses of adversity, which, like a toad, though ugly and venomous,...
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I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea, and at last...