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Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one's own goodness
Ambition is not a vice of little people
Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face
A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband
Who is not sure of his memory should not attempt lying
The laws of conscience, which we pretend to be derived from nature, proceed from custom
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories
I find that the best virtue I have has in it some tincture of vice
There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws would not deserve hanging ten times in his life
There never was in the world two opinions alike, no more that two hairs, or two grains; the most universal quality is diversity
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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