Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life.
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As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant regions they formerly concealed, so old age takes away our enjoyments only to enlarge the prospect of the coming eternity.Jean Paul
Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.
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In youth one has tears without grief, in old age grief without tears.
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Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.
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Whenever, at a party, I have been in the mood to study fools, I have always looked for a great beauty: they always gather round her like flies around a fruit stall.
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Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.
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