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If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it is horrible to lose, So the one is pretty equal to the other.
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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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A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.
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Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property.
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One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.
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It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues.
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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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The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with himself and his own cleverness is perfectly well pleased with you.
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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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One must laugh before one is happy, or one may die without ever laughing at all.
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If poverty is the mother of crime, lack of good sense is the father.
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