"Friends are the leaders of the bosom, being more ourselves than we are, and we complement our affections in theirs."
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"When one becomes indifferent to women, to children, and young people., he may know that he is superannuated, and has withdrawn from whatsoever is sweetest and purest in human existence."
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"The richest minds need not large libraries."
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"The eyes have a property in things and territories not named in any title-deeds, and are the owners of our choicest possessions."
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"The more one endeavors to sound the depths of his ignorance the deeper the chasm appears."
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"A sip is the most than mortals are permitted from any goblet of delight."
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"Genius--the free and harmonious play of all the faculties of a human being."
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"Ideas in the head set hands about their several tasks."
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"A man defines his standing at the court of chastity by his views of women."
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"Who knows, the mind has the key to all things besides."
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"Experience converts us to ourselves when books fail us."
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"A good style fits like a good costume."
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"Every sin provokes its punishment."
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"Good-humor, gay spirits, are the liberators, the sure cure for spleen and melancholy. Deeper than tears, these irradiate the tophets with their glad heavens. Go laugh, vent the pits, transmuting imps into angels by the alchemy of smiles. The satans flee at the sight of these redeemers."
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"The finer literature, indeed, is characterized by a certain suffusion of the feminine flavor, the finer, the more ideal, thought plumed with sentiment; even science loves to spring from its feet, philosophy affect the clouds to inspire and edify."
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"While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be."
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"Your real influence is measured by your treatment of yourself."
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"Civilization degrades the many to exalt the few."
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"Despair snuffs the sun from the firmament."
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"Life is one, religion one, creeds are many and diverse."
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