“Most men make use of the first part of their life to render the last part miserable.”
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“We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together.”
“Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates.”
“Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well timed.”
“We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all.”
“The giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile?”
“One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.”
“Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.”
“Women run to extremes; they are either better or worse than men.”
“Those who continually slander, rarely do injury: they imagine more evil than they can accomplish.”
“Great minds naturally love whatever is worthy of their esteem.”
“The moderation of great men only sets a limit to their vices.”
“To accomplish great things we must live as though we had never to die.”
“The thought of death deceives us; for it causes us to neglect to live.”