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"People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune."

"Terrible and sublime thought, that every moment is supreme for some man and woman, every hour the apotheosis of some passion!"

"One must choose between Obscurity with Efficiency, and Fame with its inevitable collateral of Bluff."

"A young man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to see how they are getting on."
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"Every time the long-forgotten people of the past are remembered, they are born again!"

"To forget is to render the pages of history as entirely blank, and the lessons of history as never taught."

"The end of times?" said Nanny. "Look, Tiff, Esme tol' me to say, if you want to see Esmerelda Weatherwax, then just you look around. She is here. Us witches don't mourn for very long. We are satisfied with happy memories - they're there to be cherished."

"People change us. It is a rare, if not an impossible occurrence, that we come out of relationships unscathed. In our dealings with people we take something with us and we leave something behind. Some people are haunted more than others, either by the sweet perfume of another or the stink of regret."
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