Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.
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We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.
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Once you are married, there is nothing left for you, not even suicide.
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Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.
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We must accept life for what it actually is - a challenge to our quality without which we should never know of what stuff we are made, or grow to our full stature.
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All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.
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