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There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest ...more

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All human wisdom is summed up in two words-wait and hope.

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Darling, has not the count just told us that all human wisdom is summed up in two words? Wait and hope.

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Look, look,' cried the count, seizing the young man's hands - "look, for on my soul it is curious. Here is a man who had resigned himself to his fate,...more

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For the happy man prayer is only a jumble of words, until the day when sorrow comes to explain to him the sublime language by means of which he speaks...more

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God, who might have directed the assassin's dagger so as to end your career in a moment, has given you this quarter of an hour for repentance. Reflect...more

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He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die, Morrel, that we may appreciate th...more

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God may seem sometimes to forget for a while, whilst his justice reposes, but there always comes a moment when he remembers.

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God is merciful to all, as he has been to you; he is first a father, then a judge.

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Everyone knows that God protects drunkards and lovers.