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The golden age is before us, not behind us
The fashion wears out more apparel than the man
The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones
The empty vessel makes the loudest sound
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose
The course of true love never did run smooth
The attempt and not the deed confounds us
Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart
Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds
Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water-bath is to the body
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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