Moral wounds have this peculiarity - they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart.

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As a general rule...people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it.

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There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another. Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss. It is necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.....the sum of all human wisdom will be contained in these two words: Wait and Hope.

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The friends we have lost do not repose under the ground...they are buried deep in our hearts. It has been thus ordained that they may always accompany us.

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Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes.

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The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.

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There are two ways of seeing: with the body and with the soul. The body's sight can sometimes forget, but the soul remembers forever.

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All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.

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The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates.

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How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it.

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