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• There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.
• Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished.
• In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose.
• Let our lives be pure as snowfields, where our steps leave a mark but no stain.
• Our vanity is the constant enemy of our dignity.
• We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly.
• The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.
• There are words which are worth as much as the best actions, for they contain the germ of them all.
• A friendship will be young after the lapse of half a century; a passion is old at the end of three months.
• Might we not say to the confused voices which sometimes arise from the depths of our being: "Ladies, be so kind as…
• Those who have suffered much are like those who know many languages; they have learned to understand and be understood by all.
• What I value most next to eternity is time.

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