Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of the world.

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It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards.

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The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

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The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party when the masks are dropped.

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There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome-to be got over.

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There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over.

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Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes.

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In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one's rights and double one's duties.

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Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.

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Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.

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