"A man's errors are what make him amiable."
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"A purpose you impart is no longer your own."
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"Men's prejudices rest upon their character for the time being and cannot be overcome, as being part and parcel of themselves. Neither evidence nor common sense nor reason has the slightest influence upon them."
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"Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children."
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"The world cannot do without great men, but great men are very troublesome to the world."
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"The sickness of the heart is most easily got rid of by complaining and soothing confidence."
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"Woe to falsehood! it affords no relief to the breast, like truth; it gives us no comfort, pains him who forges it, and like an arrow directed by a god flies back and wounds the archer."
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"It is natural to man to regard himself as the object of the creation, and to think of all things in relation to himself, and the degree in which they can serve and be useful to him."
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"Were not the eye made to receive the rays of the sun, it could not behold the sun; if the peculiar power of God lay not in us, how could the godlike charm us?"
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"The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon it clings to it with zest. And thus at wisdom's copious breasts You'll drink each day with greater zest."
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"A mind, once formed, is never suited after, One yet in growth will ever grateful be. [Ger., Wer fertig ist, dem ist nichts recht zu machen, Ein Werdender wird immer dankbar sein.]"
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"How shall we plan, that all be fresh and new-- Important matter yet attractive too? [Ger., Wie machen wir's, dass alles frisch und neu Und mit Bedeutung auch gefallig sei?]"
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"We are surrounded by abysses, but the greatest of all depths is in our own heart, and an irresistible leaning leads us there. Draw thyself from thyself!"
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"He who cannot love must learn to flatter."
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"He is dead in this world who has no belief in another."
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"What a man does not understand, he does not possess."
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"It is said, that no one is a hero to their butler. The reason is, that it requires a hero to recognize a hero. The butler, however, will probably know well how to estimate his equals."
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"Mysteries are not necessarily miracles."
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"People are so constituted that everybody would rather undertake what they see others do, whether they have an aptitude for it or not."
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"Giving is the business of the rich."
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