Even if we take matrimony at its lowest, even if we regard it as no more than a sort of friendship recognized by the police.
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There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.
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No man is useless while he has a friend.
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Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own.
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We must accept life for what it actually is - a challenge to our quality without which we should never know of what stuff we are made, or grow to our full stature.
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