Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained by the wisdom of his friends and the folly of his enemies, and the giant will often be seen to be a pygmy.
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Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm.Charles Caleb Colton
Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.
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If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours.
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Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and perhaps as many suicides as despair.
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The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable with interest, about thirty years after the date.
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Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it's set a rolling it must increase.
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