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"Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away."
"Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say."
"To be obliged to beg our daily happiness from others bespeaks a more lamentable poverty than that of him who begs his daily bread."
"If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours."
"Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance."
"Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead."
"In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those who believe half our creed, than for those who deny the whole of it."
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"As light nourishes plants, wisdom nourishes sages."
"Self-knowledge is the greatest education."
"You are a product of your mind, a result of your thoughts, and a consequence of your actions."
"Beautiful silence is better than ugly speech."
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