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I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.

James Boswell

Melancholy cannot be clearly proved to others, so it is better to be silent about it.

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If a man who is born to a fortune cannot make himself easier and freer than those who are not, he gains nothing.

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The pleasure of gratifying whim is very great. It is known only by those who are whimsical.

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Many infidels have maintained that Ignorance is the mother of Devotion.

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A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself.

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You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

- Mae West

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Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.

- Dr. Seuss

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A woman we love rarely satisfies all our needs, and we deceive her with a woman whom we do not love.

- Marcel Proust

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I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

- Walt Disney

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You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

- Mae West

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