Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
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It is a common fault never to be satisfied with our fortune, nor dissatisfied with our understanding.
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Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
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Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye.
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There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.
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Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
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