"There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go."
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"Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him."
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"A scholar knows no boredom."
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"Like the greatest virtue and the worst dogs, the fiercest hatred is silent."
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"Laughing cheerfulness throws the light of day on all the paths of life."
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"There is a joy in sorrow which none but a mourner can know."
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"The darkness of death is like the evening twilight; it makes all objects appear more lovely to the dying."
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"Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger."
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"Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them."
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"Romanticism is beauty without bounds-the beautiful infinite."
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"The gymnasium of running, walking on stilts, climbing, etc. stells and makes hardy single powers and muscles, but dancing, like a corporeal poesy, embellishes, exercises, and equalizes all the muscles at once."
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"As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant regions they formerly concealed, so old age takes away our enjoyments only to enlarge the prospect of the coming eternity."
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"It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise."
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"What makes old age so sad is, not that our joys, but that our hopes then cease."
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"The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe."
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"The last, best fruit which comes to late perfection, even in the kindliest soul, is tenderness toward the hard, forbearance toward the unforbearing, warmth of heart toward the cold, philanthropy toward the misanthropic."
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"Only deeds give strength to life, only moderation gives it charm."
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"Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it."
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"It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them."
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"Humankind's chief fault is that they have so many small ones."
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