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I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern. My hopes...
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It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
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Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call today his own...
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Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious.
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There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the comparison...
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We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the...
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Failure is not the only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of...
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In one important respect a man is fortunate in being poor. His responsibility to...
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Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without...
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We often choose a friend as we do a mistress — for no particular...