I'd rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.

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There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.

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Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.

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All's well in the end, if you've only the patience to wait.

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I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.

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I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.

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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.

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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.

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A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

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Ignorance is the mother of all evils.

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