I'd rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.

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There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.

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You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.

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When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.

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A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

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If the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes.

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Everything comes in time to those who can wait.

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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.

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I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.

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It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.

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