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

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To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do.

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In its printed form, thought is more imperishable than ever; it is volatile, irresistible, indestructible.

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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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Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.

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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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He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.

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Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

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Being good is easy, what is difficult is being just.

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