We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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Necessity, who is the mother of our invention.
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Courage is a kind of salvation.
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Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.
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Love - a grave mental disease.
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We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise.
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