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"Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution."

"In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary."

"A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him."

"There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in."

"The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything."
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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."

"The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it."

"Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations."

"Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but the first to rescue when others are in danger."

"We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy who hates us. We cannot easily discover our real character from a friend. He is a mirror, on which the warmth of our breath impedes the clearness of the reflection."

"Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life."
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