A gloomy guest fits not a wedding feast.
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A noble heart will always capitulate to reason.
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All things must; man is the only creature that wills.
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Appearance rules the world.
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Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays.
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Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate.
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Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom.
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Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.
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Honesty prospers in every condition of life.
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I am better than my reputation.
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It is difficult to discriminate the voice of truth from amid the clamor raised by heated partisans.
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It is easy to give advice from a port of safety.
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It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long.
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Keep true to the dreams of your youth.
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Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.
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Mankind is made great or little by its own will.
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No doubt the artist is the child of his time; but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its favorite.
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No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.
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Not without a shudder may the human hand reach into the mysterious urn of destiny.
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Nothing leads to good that is not natural.
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Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives.
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Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.
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Power is the most persuasive rhetoric.
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Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair.
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The artist is the child of his time; but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its favorite.
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The jest loses its point when he who makes it is the first to laugh.
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The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world.
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The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.
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The will of man is his happiness.
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The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.
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There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.
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There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair.
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They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.
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To gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine.
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To save all we must risk all.
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Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance.
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Votes should be weighed not counted.
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Will it, and set to work briskly.
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Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor.
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Youth covets; let not this covetousness seduce you.
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