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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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"As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed."
Life

"The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore."
Courage

"Those Dutchmen had hardly any imagination or fantasy, but their good taste and their scientific knowledge of composition were enormous."
Imagination

"For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream."
Dream

"Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul."
Life

"If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."
Voice

"If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men?"
Man

"I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process."
Work

"In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing."
Action

"Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again."
Knowledge
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