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Mary Todd Lincoln First Lady, Socialite
States

"Others live on in a careless and lukewarm state - not appearing to fill Longfellow's measure: 'Into each life, some rain must fall.'"

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Gustave Flaubert Novelist
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"I go from exasperation to a state of collapse, then I recover and go from prostration to Fury, so that my average state is one of being annoyed."

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Laozi Philosopher
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"He who steals a hook shall be hanged; while he who steals the state shall be crowned as prince."

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