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"Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away."
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"Men exist for the sake of one another."
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"When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land."
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"A man should be upright, not be kept upright."
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"There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them."
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"In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it."
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"Let no such man be trusted."
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"I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just."
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"When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind."
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"We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members."
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"I go into my library and all history unrolls before me."
History

"We bury love; Forgetfulness grows over it like grass: That is a thing to weep for, not the dead."
Love

"The saddest thing that befalls a soul Is when it loses faith in God and woman."
Faith

"Books are a finer world within the world."
Books

"The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as they - and as taciturn."
Death

"In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of pleasure. If we find it in one place today, it is vain to seek it there tomorrow. You can not lay a trap for it."
Life

"To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for."
Care

"To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation."
Being

"If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness."
Honesty

"If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute, full of distinctive character, his egotism is precious, and remains a possession of the race."
Character
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