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"Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking."
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"Before the house-maid had lit the fire the next day, or the sun gained any power over the cold, gloomy morning in January, Marianne, only half dressed, was kneeling against one of the window-seats for the sake of all the little light she could command from it, and writing as fast as a continual flow of tears would permit her."

"Darkness all around, smoke in between my fingers, all you have given me dear, sorrow and sadness to sing here."

"Do tears not yet spilledwait in small lakes?Or are they invisible riversthat run toward sadness?"

"Like them you are tall and taciturn, and you are sad, all at once, like a voyage."

"Pensive they sit, and roll their languid eyes."

"Nothing's so dainty sweet as lovely melancholy."
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"It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other."

"In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it."

"Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms."

"Our desires always increase with our possessions. The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us."
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