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I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence.

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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

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Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or even with a little more care in this very imperfect one) both partners might be found more suitable mates. But the real soul-mate is the one you are actually married to.

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Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends.

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There is so much good in the worst of us,
And so much bad in the best of us,
That it hardly behooves any of us
To talk about the rest of us.

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Evil to him who evil thinks.
(Honi Soit Qui Mal Pense)

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Alas my love you do me wrong,
To cast me of discurteously;
And I have loved you so long,
Delighting in your company.

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The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.

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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.

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If you look at life one way, there is always cause for alarm.

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