You must read, you must persevere, you must sit up nights, you must inquire, and exert the utmost power of your mind. If one way does not lead to the desired meaning, take another; if obstacles arise, then still another; until, if your strength holds out, you will find that clear which at first looked dark.

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The scholar, as wise as he was full of wrath, knowing that threats only serve as weapons to the person so threatened, kept all his resentment within his own breast.

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Nothing is so indecent that it cannot be said to another person if the proper words are used to convey it.

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Do as we say, and not as we do.

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In this world, you only get what you grab for.

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Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth.

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They brought it to a common saying there that the most acceptable service one could render to God was to put the devil in Hell.

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it is obvious that all vices have a grievous effect on those who indulge them and often on others too. But I believe that the one which can transport us with the most unbridled haste into danger is anger. This is nothing other than a sudden thoughtless impulse, provoked by some perceived offence, which banishes reason and clouds the eyes of the mind, rousing the soul to blazing fury.

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To have compassion for those who suffer is a human quality which everyone should possess, especially those who have required comfort themselves in the past and have managed to find it in others.

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No-thing less splendid than a golden sepulchre would have suited so noble a heart.

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