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We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have.

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One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.

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It is only the ignorant who despise education.

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Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.

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It is not every question that deserves an answer.

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No man is happy who does not think himself so.

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Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last.

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Money alone sets all the world in motion.

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You should go to a pear tree for pears, not to an elm.

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It is a very hard undertaking to seek to please everybody.

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