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Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command.
Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.
Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life.
Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.
The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes.
Blessed be childhood, which brings down something of heaven into the midst of our rough earthliness.
Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion.
Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.
Charm is the quality in others, that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.
In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared.
Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.
The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.
Woman is the salvation or the destruction of the family. She carries its destiny in the folds of her mantle.
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