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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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I love mankind, it's people I can't stand.

- Charles M. Schulz

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Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

- John Lennon

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The strongest evidence of love is sacrifice.

- Caroline Fry

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Much happiness is overlooked because it doesn't cost anything.

- Oscar Wilde

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I'm the one that has to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life, the way I want to.

- Jimi Hendrix

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