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He who cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself.

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Scent is the soul of flowers, and sea flowers, as splendid as they may be, have no soul!

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How tranquil is a coral tomb, and may the heavens grant that my companions and I be buried in no other!

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Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

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I have a hundred times wished that one could resign life as an officer resigns a commission.

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I am one of those who believe that spiritual progress is a rule of human life, but the approach to perfection is slow and painful. If a woman elevates herself in one respect and is retarded in another, it is because the rough trail that leads to the mountain peak is not free of ambushes of thieves and lairs of wolves.

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No, it is remrable that everest did not yield to the first few attempts; it would have been suprising and not a little sad if it had, for that is not the way of great mountains.

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We never learn to pray, really pray- until we are in a situatioin where there is nothing left to do but pray.

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Whether we bring our enemies to justice, or justice to our enemies, justice will be done.

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Do you want to know the secret of pain? If you just stop feeling it, you can start to use it.

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