Whenever, at a party, I have been in the mood to study fools, I have always looked for a great beauty: they always gather round her like flies around a fruit stall.
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Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.
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The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven.
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Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.
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Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out.
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Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in life.
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Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it is, for that reason, to be of no account?
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True, what you sacrifice for the world is but poorly recognized by it; for it is man that rules and reaps the harvest; the thousand night watches and sacrifices by which a mother secures the state a hero or a poet are forgotten, not even mentioned, for the mother herself does not mention them, and so one century after another do the wives, unknown and unrewarded send forth the arrows, the starts the storm-birds and the nightingales of time.
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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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Flowers never emit so sweet and strong a fragrance as before a storm. When a storm approaches thee, be as fragrant as a sweet-smelling flower.
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I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more.
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Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good; try to use ordinary situations.
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Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life.
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Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end.
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Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good try to use ordinary situations.
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A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another s.
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Only actions give life strength only moderation gives it a charm.
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Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it a charm.
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