Thus, in speaking of Bonaparte, one was free to sob or to puff up with laughter, provided that hatred lay at the bottom.

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The future has many names: For the weak, it means the unattainable. For the fearful, it means the unknown. For the courageous, it means opportunity.

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To set up a theory that lacks a source of truth is an excellent example of blind assurance.

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No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come.

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The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

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The tomb is not a blind alley: it is a thoroughfare. It closes on the twilight. It opens on the dawn.

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He was fond of the tavern, and felt comfortable only among coarse language, military gallantries, easy beauties, and easy conquests.

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He who is not master of his own thoughts is not accountable for his own deeds.

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Every man is a book in which God himself writes.

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I think, therefore I doubt.

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