"I fear that in this thing many rich people deceive themselves. They go on accumulating the means but never using them; making bricks, but never building."

Wealth, Regret, Truth, Action

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"I fear that in this thing many rich people deceive themselves. They go on accumulating the means but never using them; making bricks, but never building."

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"A woman dictates before marriage in order that she may have an appetite for submission afterwards."

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

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"No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from."

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"Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty."

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"You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know."

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