At first we hope too much, later on, not enough.
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In youth one has tears without grief in age, griefs without tears
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We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.
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Science is for those who learn, poetry is for those who know.
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It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent.
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Philosophers call God ''the great unknown'' ''The great misknown'' is more like it
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