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Upon the creatures we have made, we are, ourselves, at last, dependent.

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We can't form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love them as God gives them to us.

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He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.

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A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.

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We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.

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This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.

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He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.

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An unused life is an early death.

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Nothing is to be rated higher than the value of the day.

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If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect and performance shall be different.

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Three may keep counsel, if two are away.

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The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part.

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There is a courtesy of the heart; it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior.

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There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.

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He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.

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Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

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Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.

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Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.

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A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

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The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at the foot of the cross.

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