To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.

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The people only understand what they can feel; the only orators that can affect them are those who move them.

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Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history.

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Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys.

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