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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God is full of mercy for everyone, as He has been towards you. He is a father before He is a judge.

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For all evils there are two remedies - time and silence.

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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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There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.

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Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit.

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

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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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A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself.

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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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