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Think you of the fact that a deaf person cannot hear. Then, what deafness may we not all possess? What senses do we lack that we cannot see and cannot hear another world all around us?

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A Cynic is what an Optimist calls a Realist

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Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.

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When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentler gamester is the soonest winner.

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Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man.

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Treat a man as he appears to be, and you make him worse. But treat a man as if he were what he potentially could be, and you make him what he should be.

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Success: Set your standarts high, and do not stop till you reach them.

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Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth...

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We made too many wrong mistakes.

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What if you slept? And what if, in your sleep, you dreamed? And what if, in your dream, you went to heaven and plucked a strange and beautiful flower? And what if, when you awoke, you had the flower in your hand? Ah, what then?

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