"Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates."

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"To be happy, be happy with what you have. To be sad, want what you deserve."

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"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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"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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"Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world."

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"It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men."

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"I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just say that there is no God. They would speak disinterestedly at least, but such a person is not to be found."

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