“ We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all. ”
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“ Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within. ”
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“ There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience. ”
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“ Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness. ”
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“ Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other’s little failings. ”
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“ If some persons died and others did not die death would indeed be a terrible affliction. ”
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“ The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things. ”
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“ Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity. ”
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“ Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property. ”
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“ It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not. ”
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“ When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good workman. ”
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“ When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman. ”
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“ We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all. ”
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“ There is no business in the world so troublesome as the pursuit of fame: life is over before you have hardly begun your work. ”
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“ There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience. ”
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“ There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame; life concludes before you have so much as sketched your work. ”
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“ A slave has but one master. An ambition man, has as many as there are people who helped him get his fortune. ”
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“ The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished. ”
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“ The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished. ”
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“ You may drive a dog off the King's armchair, and it will climb into the preacher's pulpit; he views the world unmoved, unembarrassed, unabashed. ”
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“ You may drive a dog off the King's armchair, and it will climb into the preacher's pulpit; he views the world unmoved, unembarrassed, unabashed. ”
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“ The rarest things in the world, next to a spirit of discernment, are diamonds and pearls. ”
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“ I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just say that there is no God. They would speak disinterestedly at least, but such a person is not to be found. ”
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“ Those who make the worst use of their time most complain of its brevity. ”
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