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The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of stupidity attained by the bourgeois.

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The sort of liveliness which increases with age is not far distant from madness.

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There are very few women in society whose virtue outlasts their beauty.

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The man whom no one pleases is much more unhappy than the man who pleases no one.

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The most dangerous folly of old people who were once attractive is to forget that they are not so any longer.

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The agenda of the roadblock is the philosophy of the stop sign.

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One whose chief regard is for his own mind, and for the divinity within him and the service of its goodness, will strike no poses, utter no complaints, and crave neither for solitude nor yet for a crowd. Best of all, his life will be free from continual pursuing and avoiding.

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For blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds,
And though a late, a sure reward succeeds.

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Because a thing is difficult for you, do not therefore suppose it to be beyond mortal power. On the contrary, if anything is possible and proper for man to do, assume that it must fall within your own capacity.

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All of us are working together for the same end; some of us knowingly and purposefully, others unconsciously.

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