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... Rochefoucauld. Who does the best his circumstance allows, does well, acts nobly, angels could no more.—Young. The force of his own merit makes his way—a gift that heaven gives for him.—Shakespeare. The art of being able to make a good ...
... Rochefoucauld. Who does the best his circumstance allows, does well, acts nobly, angels could no more.—Young. The force of his own merit makes his way—a gift that heaven gives for him.—Shakespeare. The art of being able to make a good ...
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... Rochefoucauld. We are often able because we think we are able.—J. Hawes. The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.—Gibbon. Absence. Absence from those we love is self from self—a deadly banishment.— Shakespeare ...
... Rochefoucauld. We are often able because we think we are able.—J. Hawes. The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.—Gibbon. Absence. Absence from those we love is self from self—a deadly banishment.— Shakespeare ...
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... Rochefoucauld. Distance of time and place generally cure what they seem to aggravate; and taking leave of our friends resembles taking leave of the world, of which it has been said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible ...
... Rochefoucauld. Distance of time and place generally cure what they seem to aggravate; and taking leave of our friends resembles taking leave of the world, of which it has been said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible ...
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... Rochefoucauld. To cultivate sympathy you must be among living beings and thinking about them; to cultivate admiration, among beautiful things and looking at them.—Ruskin. Admiration must be kept up by the novelty that at first produced ...
... Rochefoucauld. To cultivate sympathy you must be among living beings and thinking about them; to cultivate admiration, among beautiful things and looking at them.—Ruskin. Admiration must be kept up by the novelty that at first produced ...
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... Rochefoucauld. Prosperity is too apt to prevent us from examining our conduct; but adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.—Johnson. Sweet are the uses of adversity, which, like a toad, though ...
... Rochefoucauld. Prosperity is too apt to prevent us from examining our conduct; but adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.—Johnson. Sweet are the uses of adversity, which, like a toad, though ...
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