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Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

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We never live but we are always in the expectation of living.

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on doit des égards aux vivants, on ne doit aux morts que la vérité.

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God gave us the gift of life it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

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Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is...more

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The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.

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Religion was instituted to make us happy in this life and in the other. What must we do to be happy in the life to come? Be just.

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Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win ...more

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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.

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But there must be some pleasure in condemning everything--in perceiving faults where others think they see beauties.''You mean there is pleasure in ha...more

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Let us work without reasoning,' said Martin; 'it is the only way to make life endurable.

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Martin in particular concluded that man was born to live either in the convulsions of misery, or in the lethargy of boredom.