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The most terrible of all things is terror.
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Ignorance is the mother of suspicion.
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The lower a man descends in his love, the higher he lifts his life.
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Laws are the silent assessors of God.
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A fretful fancy is constantly flinging its possessor into gratuitous tophets.
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There is one thing diviner than duty, namely, the bond of obligation transmuted into liberty.
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Common sense is the average sensibility and intelligence of men undisturbed by individual peculiarities.
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Of all the portions of life it is in the two twilights, childhood and age, that tears fall with the most frequency like the dew at dawn and eve.
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Heart's-ease is a flower which blooms from the grave of desire.
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A blue eye is a true eye Mysterious is a dark one, Which flashes like a spark sun! A black eye is the best one.
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The devil may be bullied, but not the Deity.
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After every storm the sun will smile for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer.
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A sigh can shatter a castle in the air.
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Reserve may be pride fortified in ice dignity is worth reposing on truth.
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In the rest of Nirvana all sorrows surcease: Only Buddha can guide to that city of Peace Whose inhabitants have the eternal release.
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True statesmanship is the art of changing a nation from what it is into what it ought to be.
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Every man is his own greatest dupe.
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Courage makes a man more than himself for he is then himself plus his valor.
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God hands gifts to some, whispers them to others.
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Willmott, the English essayist, says poetry is the natural religion of literature.
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