That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.
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On neither the sun, nor death, can a man look fixedly.
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We come fresh to the different stages of life, and in each of them we are quite inexperienced, no matter how old we are.
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One often passes from love to ambition, But one rarely returns from ambition to love.
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