All human power is a compound of time and patience.

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Equality may be a right, but no power on earth can convert it into fact.

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When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.

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The more one judges, the less one loves.

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Behind every fortune there is a crime.

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There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

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A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.

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Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual. Misfortune is a stepping stone for a genius, a piscina for a Christian, a treasure for a man of parts, and an abyss for a weakling.

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Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in another's happiness than in your own.

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It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

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