Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.
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All evil is like a nightmare the instant you stir under it, the evil is gone.
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The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough to get their work done.
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No person was every rightly understood until they had been first regarded with a certain feeling, not of tolerance, but of sympathy.
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