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Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven
If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me
If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottage princes' palaces
I will praise any man that will praise me
I wasted time, and now doth time waste me
How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
Hell is empty and all the devils are here
He does it with better grace, but I do it more natural
Having nothing, nothing can he lose
God has given you one face, and you make yourself another
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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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