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I never question a success, any more than I do the right of a...
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As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty...
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Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.
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The ability to focus attention on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence.
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The incomparable stupidity of life teaches us to love our parents divine philosophy teaches...
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What a mistake to suppose that the passions are strongest in youth The passions...
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys....