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"As favor and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed, and which no one perceived before."
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"It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed."
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"Silence is the wit of fools."
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"The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the older man who will not laugh is a fool."
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"A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell!"
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"Fools, most linguists. Damn all to say in one language, so they learn another and say damn all in that."
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"Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer."
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"The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see one, must not only shut himself up alone, but must also break his looking-glass."
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"Those who claim to have had happy lives seem to be silly fools."
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"A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times."
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"He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave."
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"We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all."
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"There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience."
Patience

"One must laugh before one is happy, or one may die without ever laughing at all."
Happiness

"When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman."
Work

"Even the best intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest ma to do."
Man

"All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone."
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"The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things."
Being

"When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good workman."
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"There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking."
Music

"If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction."
Death
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