From year to year this soul had progressively withered, slowly but inevitably. A dry eye goes with a dead soul. When he left prison, he had not shed a tear for nineteen years.

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

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The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness.

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The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.

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Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

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Between the government which does evil and the people who accept it - there is a certain shameful solidarity.

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The social edifice of the past rests on three columns,—the priest, the king, and the hangman.

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Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

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

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