Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history.
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To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.Alphonse de Lamartine
The people only understand what they can feel; the only orators that can affect them are those who move them.
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Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.
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If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.
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Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never.
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Brutality to an animal is cruelty to mankind - it is only the difference in the victim.
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