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Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others!

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The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.

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Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.

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A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death. It not only gives us fortitude to bear pain but teaches us at every step the precarious ten...more

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Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ough...more