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Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.
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The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation.
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It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men.
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Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property.
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The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished.
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They that have lived a single day have lived an age.
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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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When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good workman.
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All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.
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We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.
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One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched.
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Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within.
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