No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to.
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We all sorely complain of the shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives are either spent in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them.Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Nothing costs so much as what is bought by prayers.
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Who can hope for nothing, should despair for nothing.
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The language of truth is simple.
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The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.
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One crime is concealed by the commission of another.
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