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Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.
Any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it
Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair
The golden rule is that there are no golden rules
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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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