Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes
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Talent does what it can, and genius does what it must.
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No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies.
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Nine times out of ten it is over the Bridge of Sighs that we pass the narrow gulf from youth to manhood. That interval is usually marked by an ill placed or disappointed affection. We recover and we find ourselves a new being. The intellect has become hardened by the fire through which it has passed. The mind profits by the wrecks of every passion, and we may measure our road to wisdom by the sorrows we have undergone.
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It was a dark and stormy night and the rain fell in torrents except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fierce
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A life of pleasure makes even the strongest mind frivolous at last.
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