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It is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless, of course, you...
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Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course...
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Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.
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The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those...
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What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail
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Our quaint metaphysical opinions, in an hour of anguish, are like playthings by the...
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All government — indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent...
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Riches may enable us to confer favours, but to confer them with propriety and...
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A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles.
Quote #8047
Desire makes everything blossom; possession makes everything wither and fade.