He who would greatly deserve must greatly dare.

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He who would study nature in its wildness and variety, must plunge into the forest, must explore the glen, must stem the torrent, and dare the precipice.

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Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.

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The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes.

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Villainy wears many masks; none so dangerous as the mask of virtue.

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Men are always doomed to be duped, not so much by the arts of the other as by their own imagination. They are always wooing goddesses, and marrying mere mortals.

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Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.

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There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.

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A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.

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He that drinks beer, thinks beer.

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