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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.

James Boswell

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.

James Boswell

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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Inspirational Quote

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

- Winston Churchill

Wisdom Quote

Before God we are all equally wise-equally foolish.

- Albert Einstein

Friendship Quote

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

- Euripides

Wisdom Quote

Things don't change. You change your way of looking, that's all.

- Carlos Castaneda

Motivational Quote

Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.

- Ann Landers

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