And of obstinacy in a bad one.
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What is the life of man! Is it not to shift from side to side? From sorrow to sorrow? To button up one cause of vexation! And unbutton another!
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The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.
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I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.
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So that when I stretched out my hand, I caught hold of the fille de chambre's.
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We lose the right of complaining sometimes, by denying something, but this often triples its force.
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